A revelatory new guide to becoming a smarter investor drawing upon behavioral psychology
economic modeling and market history to offer practical advice for reaching your financial
goals With the equity and fixed-income markets off to a rough start in 2022 investors might do
well to review the lessons shared in Mr. Nations's book. ?Wall Street Journal The human brain
is ill-suited to making wise investment decisions. We are overconfident in our own knowledge
and hunches terrible at assessing risk and prone to chasing financial thrills rather than
measured long-term goals. Making matters worse periods of severe market turbulence?whether the
dotcom bubble of the late 90's the Great Recession a decade later or the brief vertiginous
COVID crash of 2020?bring out our most irrational selves at the exact moment when the
consequences for investment mistakes are most severe. Scott Nations has spent his career
studying market volatility. His firm Nations Indexes is the world's leading independent
developer of volatility and option-enhanced indexes. In The Anxious Investor he teaches
readers how to understand markets master their own fear and make the most of their money.
Drawing upon cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology Nations shows that the secrets to
excellent investing lie in mastering the quirks of human psychology. How are some investors
able to make prudent decisions under pressure while others rely on gut instinct to disastrous
effect? How can we prepare for a market crash before it happens? And what can help us stay the
course when the waters get choppy? Using the stories of three infamous market bubbles as his
backdrop Nations offers readers history's hard-earned lessons about greed volatility and
value. Whether you're saving for retirement a home or a child's college education The
Anxious Investor offers a blueprint for achieving your goals. While we can never know exactly
which financial surprises may loom ahead here is an indispensable resource for investors to
make sense of them.
