Book description
"Pompian is handing you the magic book, the one that reveals your
behavioral flaws and shows you how to avoid them. The tricks to success
are here. Read and do not stop until you are one of very few magicians."
-Arnold S. Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer, Martingale Asset
Management
Fear and greed drive markets, as well as good and bad
investment decision-making. In Behavioral Finance and Wealth
Management, financial expert Michael Pompian shows you, whether
you're an investor or a financial advisor, how to make better
investment decisions by employing behavioral finance research. Pompian
takes a practical approach to the science of behavioral finance and
puts it to use in the real world. He reveals 20 of the most prominent
individual investor biases and helps you properly modify your asset
allocation decisions based on the latest research on behavioral
anomalies of individual investors.
MICHAEL M. POMPIAN, CFA, CFP, is the Director of
the Private Wealth Practice at Hammond Associates, an investment
consulting firm serving institutional and private wealth clients.
Prior to joining Hammond Associates, he was a wealth management
advisor with Merrill Lynch and PNC Private Bank, and served as an
investment advisor to a family office. Pompian holds the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a Certified Financial Planner
(CFP), and a Certified Trust Financial Advisor (CTFA). He is also a
member of the CFA Institute (formerly AIMR) and the New York Society
of Securities Analysts (NYSSA). He holds a BS in management from the
University of New Hampshire and an MBA in finance from Tulane
University. Pompian is a regular speaker on the subject of behavioral
finance and has published several articles on the subject. He is
married with two sons. He can be reached at
mpompian@hammondassociates. com
