Behavioral finance and mindset

Books on decision-making, risk, and the psychology behind wealth building.

Portfolio math is easy compared to staying calm in downturns or avoiding FOMO trades. These reads focus on the human side of money.

• Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) — Foundational cognitive biases that affect every financial choice.
• Nudge (Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein) — How small design changes improve savings and enrollment defaults.
• The Behavioral Investor (Daniel Crosby) — Practical link between psychology research and portfolio behavior.
• Misbehaving (Richard Thaler) — Stories behind behavioral economics and market anomalies.
• Fooled by Randomness (Nassim Taleb) — Why luck looks like skill in short-term trading track records.
• The Millionaire Next Door (Stanley & Danko) — Research on how ordinary high-net-worth households actually live.

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