• The Little Book of Behavioral Investing

  • How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy
  • By: James Montier
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (454 ratings)

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The Little Book of Behavioral Investing

By: James Montier
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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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

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One of the best investing books

Best uses of a credit in ages, really enjoyed this book. It covers the modern way of investing.

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I'd Heard a Lot of this Before, But ...

If you have studied human behavior, there is a lot in here that you already know. The author does a really good job of applying it to investing, and showing how you can stop being your own worst enemy.

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Intryguing, funny, suprisignly good.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting anything much from the book. Was I positevly suprised once listened to it for the first time.
Although it is just 5 hours read, I enjoyed it really a lot. There are several quizes along the way which made me laugh.

Overall, if you look for a easy implementaion and introduction of behavioral psyhology, this is a really good book to start with.

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Nice recap of the thinking Fast and Slow

I advise instead Thinking fast and Slow of Kahneman. It's much more detailed. This is more or less a summary of it.

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Required reading for the investor.

Loved it. A great introduction to the subject with implications for all aspects of life.

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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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Hard to follow narration

The narration is very difficult to follow. It is like a stutter. Needs to be redone.

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Quite informative and useful

Sometimes a lot of numbers and statistics but this is it, what makes it informative and coherent

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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.

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Phenomenal ratio of ink to useful information.

A great overview on behavioral finance delivered in an interesting, entertaining, and succinct manner.

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