Here we are at session number 108, and we’re going to be talking about how to stop making daft mistakes when it comes to your investing. I chat to a gentleman named Greg Davies who is Head of Behavioural Quant Finance at Barclays Bank. That title will become clear. But I’m so excited to bring this interview to you, because it blew me away. It’s so good in fact that this is part one of two, with the conclusion coming next week. You won’t want to miss it…

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Introduction

Here are the questions I put to Greg in this first half of the conversation, with the rest coming next week:

• Who are you and what do you do? – a general brief bio
• Can you define the term behavioural finance and describe what it means in practice?
• I love the example/metaphor you use on the Barclays website about Ulysses and the sirens, can you go over that and explain it for us?
• What are the kinds of behaviours that investors display, and what are the effects of those behaviours?

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Resources

• Investment Philosophy website from Barclays
• Daniel Kahneman book: Thinking Fast and Slow
• Greg Davies on Twitter

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Next time we'll be finishing the conversation with Greg – it gets better and better!

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