Peter Elston: Head versus gut in retirement investing
How safe is the ‘safe option’?
Investing often sees logic overshadowed by gut instinct and, while this can sometimes work in the investor's favour, writes Peter Elston, being logical when others are instinctual can over time reap huge rewards
Risk is a part of our everyday lives. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we make risk assessments for every action we undertake. We make these assessments using two methods - instinct and logic - and,...
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