AlphaBrain: how a group of iconoclasts are using cognitive science to advance the business of alpha generation

Abstract

Marginal improvement, significant impact -- Blinded by bias -- Rational decisions -- Decision analysis -- How to solve any problem -- Cerebral junk food -- The input paradox -- Auditing mental accounting -- Mistakes at the heart of investment management -- Manager selection -- Prophecy of value -- Mind over matter -- Coaching -- Trading decisions -- How to stop losing money -- The danger of shortcuts -- The power of the unexpected