by O'Hagan Attorneys | Oct 3, 2025 | Behavioural Finance, Saving & Investing
“In the face of too many choices, we often choose nothing—and pay dearly for it.” (Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice) Everyone knows about FOMO. But have you even heard of FOBO, let alone contemplated how it might be kaiboshing your wealth...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Sep 29, 2022 | Behavioural Finance, Saving & Investing
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Don’t be biased towards short term loss ‘Loss aversion’, from an investment perspective, refers to our tendency to avoid losses over acquiring gains. For example, we all know that...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Jan 7, 2022 | Behavioural Finance, Saving & Investing
“If there’s no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any.” (The King, Alice in Wonderland) There has been an interesting debate taking place in the world of sports psychology for nearly 20 years. The question is whether the...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Oct 28, 2021 | Behavioural Finance, Saving & Investing
“Clarity means being very clear about the direction you want to go, but very flexible about how you will get there.” (Bob Johansen) It sometimes feels like there is a lot of black-or-white thinking in the world today. Many issues are presented as if there are only...
