This phenomenon reflects loss aversion, and Spencer mentions that this investing bias is normal. "Loss aversion is natural and affects everyone. People seek pleasure and want to avoid pain," he says.

The loss aversion bias. This is a cognitive bias in which the emotional impact of a loss is felt more intensely than the joy of an equivalent gain. For example, when you lose 20 dollars and then ...

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Then there is the most common bias among small traders: loss aversion bias a reluctance to accept you have a loser and take the loss early. The emotion behind this is the pain you would feel of ...

Fifty-nine percent of the affluent investors surveyed diagnosed themselves with overconfidence bias. Loss Aversion. All ...

Instead, investors tend to react to market movements with a range of biases, from overconfidence to costly loss-aversion bias. Behavioral finance, pioneered by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky ...