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'The Wise-Man Problem' – Low-Hanging Fruit Individual Investors Overlook

Stansberry Investor Hour

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The Wisdom Man Problem and the Pattern-Seeking Brain

The pattern-seeking brain gets in the way of making good decisions, says John Defterios. The wise man problem is when after a lot of experience, you think that you've already kind of seen it all and discount what's different about this time. And so here are three ways that your pattern seeking brain can get in the way to seeing things how they are or approaching an analysis in a way that will help you make the right decision.

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