The meme-stock rally that lifted shares of GameStop and AMC this week tapped into a range of human behaviors, according to behavioral finance expert Victor Ricciardi. Ricciardi, a visiting finance ...

The party game genre is overflowing with titles that reward creativity and unique thinking. In fact we’ve played quite a few of them on our board game show Overboard. The latest game we played however ...

One of the challenges financial advisors face is the tendency for their clients to come to them already influenced by “group” think or herd mentality. “Everybody is buying XYZ; I need to get in on ...

“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” – Jim Hightower I have often pondered the question, what makes a community successful at ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers gave nanorobots a trait called adaptive time delay, which allows them to better work together. In natural ecosystems, the herd mentality plays a major role -- from schools of fish, to ...

Banking fears pushed down oil prices earlier this month. Even oil bulls followed the herd and sold off crude futures at a fast pace. The market is extremely reactionary and a herd mentality has set it ...