Synopsis
The psychology of investing has become such an important area of research that major hedge funds are building trading strategies around human behavioral patterns. In Mind Over Money, Kevin Cook explores the crossroads where markets and brains collide, delving into the two sciences neuroscience and behavioral finance that show why investors are often highly irrational when faced with economic decisions, uncertainty, and risk.
Episodes
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Training Your Brain to Work For You with Dr. Jud Brewer
30/04/2020 Duration: 40minAre you still relying on will power to change your habits? A little neuroscience will cure that. (1:00) - Opening the Hood on Your Brain w Dr. Jud (7:45) - Applying Mindfulness During The Quarantine (13:05) - The Anticipation Of Habits and Their Triggers (18:15) - Everyday Addiction: From Your "Dumbphone" to Social Media (26:30) - Awareness Tools: From Meditation to Experience Apps (35:20) - The Big Debate: Role of Will Power in Behavior Change Mind Over Money archive https://www.zacks.com/blog/archive.php?g=101
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How to Become Indistractable: A Wizard's Manual by Nir Eyal
27/04/2020 Duration: 48minIf you want to learn the #1 skill of the future, listen to the engineer of habit-forming products and apps (0:45) - Controlling Your Attention With Nir Eyal (6:10) - The Motivation and Research Behind Indistractable (11:30) - Death By To-Do List and Our Ability To Multitask (17:40) - Traction Is The Opposite Of Distraction (29:55) - Breaking the Spell: Building A System That Works For You (35:25) - The Hidden Super Power: Managing Discomfort Intentionally (45:00) - Nir & Far Gifts for Choosing to Become Indistractable Mind Over Money Archive
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Fast Times at Innovation High (Part 3)
08/04/2020 Duration: 42minYour decision-making methods can be one of the most exciting and productive areas of your life and business to ignite innovation (1:30) - Decision Traps: 10 Barriers to Overcome (11:20) - Meta-Questions for Decision Makers (19:45) - Could You Live on a Decision Budget? (26:20) - Got Any Sunk Costs? Tesla vs. Big Auto (32:30) - Could You Be Indistractable? Mind Over Money Archive
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Fast Times at Innovation High (Part 2)
13/03/2020 Duration: 57minImagine what you could learn about running your business and your life by studying great companies. (0:35) - lululemon vs. Under Armour: Anatomy of Success (4:45) - The 4 Disciplines of Execution (14:10) - Top 10 Decision Making Errors (25:05) - LULU's Recovery from Debacles: See-Through Quality? (30:15) - How Could Under Armour Lose at Shoes with Curry? (38:15) - lululemon’s 3-Prong Strategic Vision (45:00) - How Can Under Armour Drive Growth Going Forward? (55:25) - Episode Roundup: Mind Over Money Archive
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Get Your Mind Into Alpha Trading States with London's Top Coaches
05/03/2020 Duration: 51minThe trading game is so much tougher now with algos ripping and squeezing every edge -- except the ones you control (2:30) - Learning From Experts and Rogues: The AlphaMind Podcast (12:00) - Why Is Trading Such a Difficult Mental Game? (20:10) - Comparing Nick Leeson and Bernie Madoff (32:50) - Goldman's David Tait: Life and Trading Cannot Be Separated (38:40) - The Emotional Challenge: Learning To Love Your Losses (45:30) - Done Properly: The Zen of Trading Podcast@Zacks.com
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Fast Times at Innovation High, Part 1
26/02/2020 Duration: 51minImagine what you could learn about running your business and your life by studying great companies.(0:45) - Modeling Success: Learning from Top Companies(6:30) - Thriving On Chaos: Top 8 Sources of Execution(17:50) - The Dutch Secret of 16th Century: Credit(30:20) - Intel’s Fateful Decision in 1985 (40:00) - Disciplines of Execution in Era of Disruptive Innovation Podcast@Zacks.com
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Tech Investing 101: Know, Buy, Hold Disruptive Growth
12/02/2020 Duration: 44minInvestors who missed the great rallies in Apple and Microsoft have been wondering why, and wishing they listened to Dan Ives(2:55) - The Map of Knowledge: Scholars of the Dark Ages (13:10) - Clayton Christensen and Technology Disruption (22:00) - Apple’s 2019 Growth Slowdown: Buy or Panic?(25:35) - Dan Ives Calls Tech Rally, Says Much More to Come(28:40) - What Could Push Apple To $2 Trillion?(31:15) - 5 Big Tech Predictions for 2020: FAANG and More (38:50) - Google Playing Catchup With Amazon and Microsoft Podcast@Zacks.com
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Coronavirus: Epidemic or Pandemic?
29/01/2020 Duration: 44minThe current geometric rate of transmission implies that over 100,000 people could be infected by early February(1:00) - Severe Health Crisis for China(6:10) - A Brief History of Pandemics(15:45) - Got DNA? Coronavirus Genome(23:20) - In Search of a Vaccine(32:55) - Competition: A New Science?(43:15) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Empires and Explorers: Our Destiny in the Stars
15/01/2020 Duration: 40minTechnology ignites commerce and both are driven by our insatiable thirst for wealth, power, knowledge, and new horizons(1:00) - A Brief History of Tribal Behavior(11:15) - China's Empire Goals: Winner Take All? (24:05) - The Final Frontier: Space or AI?(30:00) - Inevitable Expeditions: AI Before Mars (38:30) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Nationalism vs. Globalism: Technology Overrules Politics
20/12/2019 Duration: 42minWhile populist movements seem a step backwards, the generations growing up on innovation and fluid borders will inherit one world (1:00) - Why Technology is Unstoppable and Changes Everything (8:15) - What's Driving the Trends Toward Nationalism? (15:00) - Generational Drivers of Globalization vs. Populist Movements (21:35) - Bull Market Going Higher: What Stops It? (32:00) - Nationalism Stops Globalization, Proving Earth Not So Flat (38:25) - Software Eats FedEx While Semis Soar To New Highs Podcast@Zacks.com
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Trade of the 2020's: Sell Gold, Buy Biotech
04/12/2019 Duration: 37minIn 5 years, you be selling your gold and buying more companies leading the century of biology (0:45) - The Behavior of Gold Investors (4:35) - The Technology Super Cycle (7:45) - The 4 Core Arguments Against Gold (12:30) - NASA Mission To Psyche: The Fort Knox of Asteroids (22:50) - Trade of the 2020’s: Sell Gold, Buy Biotech
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Streaming Wars Get Hot for Disney, Netflix, Roku and The Trade Desk
13/11/2019 Duration: 35minThe content explosion is creating massive new opportunity for advertisers and the one platform that connects everything. (0:45) - Trade Desk Runs Box Office for the Streaming Cage Match (6:10) - Binge Watching: The Behavioral Risks (14:30) - Will Netflix Be Forced to Adopt Ad-Supported Platform? (18:00) - Disney+ Storms the Battlefield (22:15) - Amazon Prime & Apple TV: Ringside Seats and Lots of Popcorn (28:40) - Is Comcast’s Free Box A Roku Killer? (34:00) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Where Does Your Fear Come From?
19/09/2019 Duration: 31minNeuroscientists are proving the human sense of fear is very different than animals and why it matters (0:45) - Twitter Discoveries: The Deep History of Ourselves (6:00) - Awareness of Fear: Human vs. Animal Instincts (11:30) - Acting out of Fear: Being Aware Of Your Emotions When Investing (21:15) - Insights From Joseph LeDoux (30:20) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Probability 101: How Not to Be a Sucker
05/09/2019 Duration: 54minWe need science and math -- and STEM-savvy minds -- more than ever to help us inform decision making (1:00) - Allergic to Algebra? Harnessing Math for Fun & Profit (7:45) - Probability Skills Immunize Against Those Who Lie with Stats (21:30) - Taleb's Black Swan and the Limits of Standard Deviation (27:10) - Discovering Probability: Where Did It All Start? (36:35) - Expected Value: A Simple Yet Powerful Equation (41:20) - Crazy People Who Play Powerball: Visualizing The Odds (52:25) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Boeing 737 MAX and the FAA: A Clash of Culture and Convexity
22/08/2019 Duration: 32minAs we await results of NTSB and grand jury investigations, many questions linger about what went wrong (0:45) - Boeing 737 MAX: Did Profit Motive Override Sound Design? (8:15) - Remember the DC-10? How Consumers Handle Shocking Tragedies (14:00) - MCAS Software Enhancement: The Right Solution, Wrongly Delivered? (22:45) - Does The FAA Give Boeing Too Much Control? (28:30) - What To Expect From Boeing Moving Forward (31:05) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@zacks.com
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How to Trade Unicorns Before They IPO
15/08/2019 Duration: 16minA growing herd of unicorns and their founders and investors are finding liquidity without rushing to IPO (0:45) - A New Marketplace for Pre-IPO Trading (6:00) - How Forge Creates Value for Unicorns and Investors (8:25) - Innovation with Spotify and Slack: What's a Direct Listing? (12:15) - A Herd of Unicorns: Growth Potential for the Pre-IPO Market (15:00) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Facebook Faceplant: First AI Failure, More to Come
26/07/2018 Duration: 44minThe greatest accidental experiment in social media has a lot to teach us about taming the AI beast (2:00) - Facebook Flopped and It’s Great! (5:45) - Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 (10:35) - Prometheus Achieves World Domination (16:00) - Taming the Beast that AI Could Become (21:10) - 5 Proofs We Are Naturally Irrational (24:20) - Driving Money Away, Keeping Bad Habits (29:25) - Repelling Helpful People, Sabotaging Our Health (34:15) - An Elephant in Your Brain (42:30) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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The $100 Billion Cult: Video Gaming & Global Youth Culture
19/07/2018 Duration: 34minI’m not crazy about kids wasting hours playing video games, but there has to be a way to profit from it, for all of us (0:30) - Stock-Picking: Better Than Video Games? (4:30) - Fortnite Battle Royale: Free Viral Mania Makes Millions (10:45) - Video Game Industry: Where $100 Billion Comes From (14:30) - Amazon's Twitch Creates a Whole New World (21:15) - Freemium Model: What Impact on Console Companies? (30:00) - Future of Gaming, Augmented Reality, and Education (33:10) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Dopamine and the Weather, Part 2
12/07/2018 Duration: 50minHow technology changes human behavior and social rules, but not human nature and genetics—yet. (0:45) - The Century of Biology (8:00) – Wonderful Dopamine: The Attention Drug (21:30) – Memory, Emotion and Learning Complete the Loop (33:00) - Dopamine in the Noisy Concert of Consciousness (39:05) - The Cerebral Symphony: Arouse, Orient, Detect, Execute (43:10) – Find Your Flow: 5 Ways To Learn More, Better, Faster (49:00) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
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Dopamine and the Weather, Part 1
28/06/2018 Duration: 50minHow technology changes human behavior and social rules, but not human nature and genetics—yet. (1:15) - FDA Shares Strategic Vision on Gene Therapies (5:25) - Human Nature: New Science vs. Old Assumptions (12:30) - Steven Pinker: Using Biology to Inform Beliefs (17:40) - How Technology Changes Everything But Human Nature (25:00) - Candace Pert: Your Body Is Your Subconscious Mind (34:15) - Multi-Mind Theory: Do We Naturally Self-Sabotage? (43:00) - “This Weather Is Crazy!” (48:45) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com