In finance, I find it's one of the biggest puzzles. Why do people trade it all? People who are fools but not better-informed than the market trading like crazy. That suggests people are systematically overconfident. If the fundamental human bias is overconfidence and that leads to overreaction, do we then have some kind of plausible, these metaphysical human micro-foundations for why securities markets stay in perfectly private?
Tyler and investment strategist Cliff Asness discuss momentum and value investing strategies, disagreeing with Eugene Fama, Marvel vs. DC, the inscrutability of risk, high frequency trading, the economics of Ayn Rand, bubble logic, and why never to share a gym with Cirque du Soleil.
Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video.
Other ways to connect