The Little Book of Behavioral Investing

How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy

By: James Montier

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Little book, big profits....

Here is a detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing.

Bias, emotion, and overconfidence are just three of the many behavioral traits that can lead investors to lose money or achieve lower returns. Behavioral finance, which recognizes that there is a psychological element to all investor decision-making, can help you overcome this obstacle.

In The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, expert James Montier, one of the world's foremost behavioral analysts, takes you through some of the most important behavioral challenges faced by investors. Montier reveals the most common psychological barriers, clearly showing how emotion, overconfidence, and a multitude of other behavioral traits, can affect investment decision-making. This book:

• Offers time-tested ways to identify and avoid the pitfalls of investor bias
• Discusses how to learn from our investment mistakes instead of repeating them
• Explores the behavioral principles that will allow you to maintain a successful investment portfolio

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, The Little Book of Behavioral Investing will enable you to identify and eliminate behavioral traits that can hinder your investment endeavors and show you how to go about achieving superior returns in the process.

©2010 James Montier (P)2010 Gildan

Great Examples

I read a lot of behavioral finance books and this one stands out. He gives many quick actionable insights and experiments to prove the point. It’s less fluff and all meat! Will make this an book I read often

LBBI is a book to keep on hand

I just started this book recently, and have not finished. however, I can already justify finishing it. and then reading again.

Must read. The best behavioral finance book I’ve ever read.

I found myself laughing at common mistakes I’d made myself. This will make you question the entire industry and how you SHOULD react.

Great book for the beginner and more experienced

No matter if you have never listened to a book on behavioral finance or if you have listened/read quite a few, this book is great. I fall in the latter category, but still found it a great book. Firstly it gives a good overview of the field, secondly it's well structured and a pleasure to listen to.

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What did you love best about The Little Book of Behavioral Investing?

It takes principles of behavioral psychology (such as cognitive biases and distortions) and applies it to investments. How can we learn about our natural thought processes to improve our investments, and prevent ourselves from sabotaging our own results. This might be the best book of the Little Book series for investors... I highly recommend it.