Jack Knetsch News Today

Investors are often driven by their own behavioural biases, which can lead to poor investment decisions

I just learned that Jack Knetsch died back in August. Here is the obituary from Simon Fraser University: Jack was a Professor in SFU’s Economics Department and the School of Resource and Environmental Management from 1974 to 1998, at which time he transitioned to Professor Emeritus. Jack received his PhD...

We are in a build-destroy-rebuild-destroy cycle, and there will be a day — maybe this is it — when we should rethink how and when we rebuild.

Loss aversion, which allegedly explains decision-making — from investor behavior to insurance markets — isn’t ironclad, experts argue.