This is the fifth the Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics series. We will explore the effect behavior has on markets and the economy as a whole--and how advisors who understand this relationship can ...

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon born of our innate desire to conform with others. First coined in 1972, the term specifically refers to the tendency for a group to make bad or poorly ...

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Groupthink is a major pitfall in business. It can easily displace independent thinking and good decision making. I remember being in a strategy meeting with an executive team. We were doing scenario ...

Groupthink was first studied by Yale’s Irving Frank in 1972. Groupthink is the psychological mindset when one person, typically a strong leader, decrees an interpretation, usually a negative one. So ...

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