Jason Zweig: Temperament Is Everything for Most Investors

Our guest on the podcast this week is The Wall Street Journal columnist and author Jason Zweig. Jason became a personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal in 2008. His weekly column, “The Intelligent Investor,” is a must-read for people inside and outside of the investment industry. Jason is also the editor of the revised edition of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor. And he is the author of Your Money and Your Brain, which explores the neuroscience of investing. He also wrote the Devil's Financial Dictionary, which is a satirical glossary of Wall Street.

Background

Bio

Jason’s twitter handle: @jasonzweigwsj

Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich

The Devil’s Financial Dictionary

Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

Palace Walk: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel

Matt Levine, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

Jesse Livermore, Philosophical Economics

Nick Maggiulli, Ritholtz Wealth Management

Michael Batnick, Ritholtz Wealth Management

Ben Carlson, Ritholtz Wealth Management

Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg

Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg

Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times

Research Institute: Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns, Yearbook 2021 Summary Edition

Georgarakos, D. & Pasini, G. 2011. “Trust, Sociability and Stock Market Participation,” Review of Finance, Vol. 15, No. 4, P. 693.

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

“Investment Policy and the Competent Stranger,” speech by Charles D. Ellis, empireclub.org, April 7, 1988.

Feynman, R.P. 1974.“Cargo Cult Science,” Engineering and Science.

Bogleheads

Investing

“Stock Market 101: Teaching the Wrong Lessons?” by Jason Zweig, Jasonzweig.com, May 8, 2015.

“How to Keep Your Cool