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Effective wellness programs must take science-based approach to motivating employees

Employers that want to see their wellness programs pay dividends need to develop a strategy that’s rooted in behavioural science. “This idea of ticking a box on wellness is not working anymore,” said Cynthia Hastings-James, co-founder of BestLifeRewarded Innovations, during a webinar hosted by the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute on Thursday. “It really needs […]

Most Canadians feel investment anxiety

Nearly all Canadian investors (97%) feel anxiety when thinking about their investments, finds the BMO InvestorLine Psychology of Investing Study.

  • By: Staff
  • August 11, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00
Getting past emotional investing

Conventional finance theory says that humans are inherently rational beings who look to investing as a way to maximize their wealth and to ensure they can maintain a comfortable standard of living as they age. When it comes to money, so the theory goes, humans behave without emotion or bias.

  • By: Neil Faba
  • March 15, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:33
Double Then Nothing: Why Individual Stock Investments Disappoint

New working paper draws on behavioural finance.

Investment Tip: Doing Less

When investment decision-making goes wrong.

  • April 5, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 11:16
Why Individual Stock Investments Disappoint

Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.

Manager Hires/Fires Show Short-term Thinking

Patterns show institutions following hot money, not long-term.

Andrew Lo: Adaptive Markets Hypothesis Sheds Light on Crisis

The madness of mobs...

  • May 13, 2010 September 13, 2019
  • 10:53