Investology: Investment Management Intelligence
Investology: Investment Management Intelligence
Investment Management Intelligence
Investing in a Post Truth World - with Alex Edmans (Author of May Contain Lies)
14 minutes Posted Jan 6, 2025 at 12:57 pm.
How stories, statistics and studies exploit our biases as investors — and what we can do about it.Tune in for an enlightening discussion with Alex Edmans, on enhancing your critical thinking skills applied to investing.Alex's website: https://maycontainlies.com/Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. His TED talk ‘What to Trust in a Post-Truth World’ has been viewed 2 million times and he has spoken at Davos and in the UK House of Commons. In 2013 he was awarded tenure at The Wharton School and in 2021 he was named MBA Professor of the Year by Poets and Quants. Edmans writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. His first book, Grow the Pie, was a Financial Times Book of the Year. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.GO FURTHER📩 My Investment Management Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3AxnyTY (Free)🎧 Audio Podcast: https://pod.link/1511595070TOOLSWhat I use for editing, DESCRIPT: https://get.descript.com/1ldhm44pyr0pWhat I use for multi-currency banking and payments, WISE: https://wise.prf.hn/l/w9gQYA9TIMESTAMPS
Alex Edmans, professor, specialist in misuse of data and evidence & author of May Contain Lies
Combating Misinformation: the enemy is within
Empowering Investors Against Misinformation
The importance of narratives in investing and academia
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How stories, statistics and studies exploit our biases as investors — and what we can do about it.Tune in for an enlightening discussion with Alex Edmans, on enhancing your critical thinking skills applied to investing.Alex's website: https://maycontainlies.com/Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. His TED talk ‘What to Trust in a Post-Truth World’ has been viewed 2 million times and he has spoken at Davos and in the UK House of Commons. In 2013 he was awarded tenure at The Wharton School and in 2021 he was named MBA Professor of the Year by Poets and Quants. Edmans writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. His first book, Grow the Pie, was a Financial Times Book of the Year. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.GO FURTHER📩 My Investment Management Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3AxnyTY (Free)🎧 Audio Podcast: https://pod.link/1511595070TOOLSWhat I use for editing, DESCRIPT: https://get.descript.com/1ldhm44pyr0pWhat I use for multi-currency banking and payments, WISE: https://wise.prf.hn/l/w9gQYA9TIMESTAMPS(00:00) Alex Edmans, professor, specialist in misuse of data and evidence & author of May Contain Lies(03:39) Combating Misinformation: the enemy is within(06:20) Empowering Investors Against Misinformation(08:30) The importance of narratives in investing and academia(13:33) Personal conclusion from George, beyond investing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit investorama.substack.com