The Rational Reminder Podcast | The (Expected) Cost of Pessimism (Plus Matthew Dicks on the Value of Storytelling) | RR 267 @rationalreminder | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Today's show is centred on the expected cost of pessimism and how investor expectations of loss negatively affect financial decisions. After concisely exploring the data and literature on the subject, we get into a few solutions to this dynamic and talk about how to find a way around natural human tendencies and myopic loss aversion. We then get into our first Mark's Minutes segment, with our colleague Mark McGrath briefly explaining some interesting ideas about risk and tax-free savings accounts. For today's episode retrospective, we go over Episode 45 and the conversation we had with Moira Somers about effective communication and advice methods. Matthew Dicks, the author of Storyworthy then joins us to offer some insight into the utility of stories in the different areas of life, including financial advice, and more relaxed social settings. Matthew does a great job of describing and demonstrating how stories connect people, and allow ideas to flow in a natural and impactful way, so make sure to tune in.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:03:21 Main Topic: The (Expected) Cost of Pessimism
0:05:30 Triumph of Optimism
0:07:45 Pessimism
0:09:16 Media Influence
0:09:46 Impact on Investors
0:26:02 Mark's Minutes
0:34:22 Episode 45: 60 Seconds
0:40:54 Special Guest: Matthew Dicks
0:59:54 Aftershow
Book From Today's Episode:
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling — amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489
Join Our Live Event:
What Are my Options with my Options? - us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3916910040743/WN_PsbTZ8CqR_SvFNdpy5oIKA
Links From Today’s Episode:
Rational Reminder Website — rationalreminder.ca
Rational Reminder on iTunes — itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rational-reminder-podcast/id1426530582.
Rational Reminder on Instagram — instagram.com/rationalreminder
Rational Reminder on X — twitter.com/RationalRemind
Rational Reminder on YouTube — youtube.com/channel
Rational Reminder Email — info@rationalreminder.ca
Benjamin Felix — pwlcapital.com/author/benjamin-felix
Benjamin on X — twitter.com/benjaminwfelix
Benjamin on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/benjaminwfelix
Cameron Passmore — pwlcapital.com/profile/cameron-passmore
Cameron on X — twitter.com/CameronPassmore
Cameron on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/cameronpassmore
Matthew Dicks — matthewdicks.com
Storyworthy — matthewdicks.com/storyworthy
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling — amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489
Homework for Life TED — matthewdicks.com/homework-for-life
Mark McGrath on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/markmcgrathcfp?originalSubdomain=ca
Today's show is centred on the expected cost of pessimism and how investor expectations of loss negatively affect financial decisions. After concisely exploring the data and literature on the subject, we get into a few solutions to this dynamic and talk about how to find a way around natural human tendencies and myopic loss aversion. We then get into our first Mark's Minutes segment, with our colleague Mark McGrath briefly explaining some interesting ideas about risk and tax-free savings accounts. For today's episode retrospective, we go over Episode 45 and the conversation we had with Moira Somers about effective communication and advice methods. Matthew Dicks, the author of Storyworthy then joins us to offer some insight into the utility of stories in the different areas of life, including financial advice, and more relaxed social settings. Matthew does a great job of describing and demonstrating how stories connect people, and allow ideas to flow in a natural and impactful way, so make sure to tune in.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:03:21 Main Topic: The (Expected) Cost of Pessimism
0:05:30 Triumph of Optimism
0:07:45 Pessimism
0:09:16 Media Influence
0:09:46 Impact on Investors
0:26:02 Mark's Minutes
0:34:22 Episode 45: 60 Seconds
0:40:54 Special Guest: Matthew Dicks
0:59:54 Aftershow
Book From Today's Episode:
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling — amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489
Join Our Live Event:
What Are my Options with my Options? - us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3916910040743/WN_PsbTZ8CqR_SvFNdpy5oIKA
Links From Today’s Episode:
Rational Reminder Website — rationalreminder.ca
Rational Reminder on iTunes — itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rational-reminder-podcast/id1426530582.
Rational Reminder on Instagram — instagram.com/rationalreminder
Rational Reminder on X — twitter.com/RationalRemind
Rational Reminder on YouTube — youtube.com/channel
Rational Reminder Email — info@rationalreminder.ca
Benjamin Felix — pwlcapital.com/author/benjamin-felix
Benjamin on X — twitter.com/benjaminwfelix
Benjamin on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/benjaminwfelix
Cameron Passmore — pwlcapital.com/profile/cameron-passmore
Cameron on X — twitter.com/CameronPassmore
Cameron on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/cameronpassmore
Matthew Dicks — matthewdicks.com
Storyworthy — matthewdicks.com/storyworthy
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling — amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489
Homework for Life TED — matthewdicks.com/homework-for-life
Mark McGrath on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/markmcgrathcfp?originalSubdomain=ca
