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Mind Over Money

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.
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Jul 26, 2018

The 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

Jul 19, 2018

I’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

Jul 12, 2018

How 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

Jun 28, 2018

How 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

Jun 21, 2018

Science is bringing the future to you faster every year and this requires a mind wide open

(0:45) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance  

(5:10) - Meet the Huxleys: Evolution’s Grand Champions 

(10:15) - The Chaos Theory of Learning & Unstoppable Creativity

(16:10) - Books for Minds Wide Open: Bill Nye and Richard Feynman  

(23:45) - The Death of Doubt: Why We Pretend To Know It All 

(28:00) - The Wrong Ways To Use Science 

(31:50) - The Future Of Education

(37:30) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com

Jun 7, 2018

At the risk of over-simplifying, I crystallize my favorite principles into lessons for all future bull markets

(0:45) - Navigating the Bull Market

(6:00) - Following The Smart Money

(8:45) - Kevin’s Market Melt-Up Recipe 

(11:30) - 3 Wealth-Building Rules for Bull Markets 

(18:00) - A Quick Look at How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

(27:50) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com

May 30, 2018

Why do the same bad investing decisions keep cropping up for some people?

(1:00) - Are You a Trader or Long Term Investor?

(5:00) - A Quiz on Your Psychology of Investing

(10:45) - Should You Be Listening To Everything Your Advisor Says?

(13:50) - What Should You Do With An Inheritance? 

(21:15) - How To Navigate A Market Correction

(25:10).- Loss Aversion, Confirmation and Availability Bias

(35:40) - Long Term Investing vs. Short Term Trading

(41:40) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com

Jan 9, 2018

Long before anyone noticed what smartphones did to kids, a wise teacher warned us about the dangers of our devices

(0:30) - Judgement Day: Big Investors Write a Letter To Apple

(5:30) - Smartphone Addiction: How Did We Get Here?

(8:20) - Neil Postman: A Wise Teacher Ahead Of His Time

(11:00) - The Medium Is The Message

(17:30) - Perfecting Captivation: Tantalizing Television

(22:40) - Technopoly: The Dystopia That’s Not Fiction

(36:15) - Can Everything “Bad” Be Good For You?

(30:00) - Technology Can Enhance or Ensnare our Education

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Jan 3, 2018

Resist as he might, Michael Lewis couldn’t help but write the story of the partnership that created the most exciting economic power since the invention of money

(0:30) - The Collision of Markets and Psychology

(5:30) - The Great Partnership of Kahneman and Tversky

(12:00) - CES in Vegas: What Should You Be Watching?

(20:00) - The Undeniable Force Behind The Undoing Project

(31:15) - Train Your Brain for Market Strategy with Probability

(33:35) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com

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