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Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory – and selectively forget their money-losing stocks

  • Written by Philip Fernbach, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Colorado Boulder
Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory – and selectively forget their money-losing stocksInvestors often seem to view their performance through pink-tinted glasses. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

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Stock investors mistakenly remember their past investments as better than they actually were, which leads them to be overconfident about how they’ll perform in the...

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