I mentioned in the first blog on marshmallows that I’d start introducing some ideas on behavioural finance. As a subject it can get quite complicated, but to start with I have two stories about shopping for trousers that will give…
Brad Stone, author of the ‘The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon’, has won the Business Book of the Year 2013, sponsored by the FT and Goldman Sachs. Of course, it’s available to buy on Amazon in…
So we are happy to patiently wait for two marshmallows, but how do we go about selecting our investments? You might think one obvious place to look for guidance is the study of economics and the 2013 Nobel memorial prize…
A bit of fun for a first post about delayed gratification. The video is from the excellent TED website. I have seen several studies like this one which claim to show how young kids, normally four years old, react when…