perspectives
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
What really drives the outcome of your investment portfolio—market performance or your own behavior? Investors often view returns as a purely quantitative result of markets, risk, timing, or expertise. Yet psychology tells a different story. In Episode 29 of The Informed Investor, Dimensional’s Mark Gochnour, Scott Bosworth, and Jake DeKinder dive into behavioral finance—the study of how psychology impacts investor behavior—to explore how our emotions influence portfolio outcomes.
