Kevin Cook
Mind Over Money
The psychology of investing has become such an important area of research that major hedge funds are building trading strategies around human behavioral patterns. In Mind Over Money, Kevin Cook explores the crossroads where markets and brains collide, delving into the two sciences – neuroscience and behavioral finance – that show why investors are often highly irrational when faced with economic decisions, uncertainty, and risk.
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Kevin Cook
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May 1, 2025
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Episodes
Fast Times at Innovation High, Part 1 26.02.2020 51:54
Imagine what you could learn about running your business and your life by studying great companies. (0:45) - Modeling Success: Learning from Top Companies (6:30) - Thriving On Chaos: Top 8 Sources of Execution (17:50) - The Dutch Secret of 16th Century: Credit (30:20) - Intel's Fateful Decision in 1985 (40:00) - Disciplines of Execution in Era of Disruptive Innovation Podcast@Zacks.com
Tech Investing 101: Know, Buy, Hold Disruptive Growth 12.02.2020 44:57
Investors who missed the great rallies in Apple and Microsoft have been wondering why, and wishing they listened to Dan Ives (2:55) - The Map of Knowledge: Scholars of the Dark Ages (13:10) - Clayton Christensen and Technology Disruption (22:00) - Apple's 2019 Growth Slowdown: Buy or Panic? (25:35) - Dan Ives Calls Tech Rally, Says Much More to Come (28:40) - What Could Push Apple To $2 Trillion?...
Coronavirus: Epidemic or Pandemic? 29.01.2020 44:58
The current geometric rate of transmission implies that over 100,000 people could be infected by early February (1:00) - Severe Health Crisis for China (6:10) - A Brief History of Pandemics (15:45) - Got DNA? Coronavirus Genome (23:20) - In Search of a Vaccine (32:55) - Competition: A New Science? (43:15) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
Empires and Explorers: Our Destiny in the Stars 15.01.2020 40:18
Technology ignites commerce and both are driven by our insatiable thirst for wealth, power, knowledge, and new horizons (1:00) - A Brief History of Tribal Behavior (11:15) - China's Empire Goals: Winner Take All? (24:05) - The Final Frontier: Space or AI? (30:00) - Inevitable Expeditions: AI Before Mars (38:30) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
Nationalism vs. Globalism: Technology Overrules Politics 20.12.2019 42:39
While populist movements seem a step backwards, the generations growing up on innovation and fluid borders will inherit one world (1:00) - Why Technology is Unstoppable and Changes Everything (8:15) - What's Driving the Trends Toward Nationalism? (15:00) - Generational Drivers of Globalization vs. Populist Movements (21:35) - Bull Market Going Higher: What Stops It? (32:00) - Nationalism Stops Glo...
Trade of the 2020's: Sell Gold, Buy Biotech 04.12.2019 37:27
In 5 years, you be selling your gold and buying more companies leading the century of biology (0:45) - The Behavior of Gold Investors (4:35) - The Technology Super Cycle (7:45) - The 4 Core Arguments Against Gold (12:30) - NASA Mission To Psyche: The Fort Knox of Asteroids (22:50) - Trade of the 2020's: Sell Gold, Buy Biotech
Streaming Wars Get Hot for Disney, Netflix, Roku and The Trade Desk 13.11.2019 35:27
The content explosion is creating massive new opportunity for advertisers and the one platform that connects everything. (0:45) - Trade Desk Runs Box Office for the Streaming Cage Match (6:10) - Binge Watching: The Behavioral Risks (14:30) - Will Netflix Be Forced to Adopt Ad-Supported Platform? (18:00) - Disney+ Storms the Battlefield (22:15) - Amazon Prime & Apple TV: Ringside Seats and Lots of...
Where Does Your Fear Come From? 19.09.2019 31:29
Neuroscientists are proving the human sense of fear is very different than animals and why it matters (0:45) - Twitter Discoveries: The Deep History of Ourselves (6:00) - Awareness of Fear: Human vs. Animal Instincts (11:30) - Acting out of Fear: Being Aware Of Your Emotions When Investing (21:15) - Insights From Joseph LeDoux (30:20) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
Probability 101: How Not to Be a Sucker 05.09.2019 54:12
We need science and math -- and STEM-savvy minds -- more than ever to help us inform decision making (1:00) - Allergic to Algebra? Harnessing Math for Fun & Profit (7:45) - Probability Skills Immunize Against Those Who Lie with Stats (21:30) - Taleb's Black Swan and the Limits of Standard Deviation (27:10) - Discovering Probability: Where Did It All Start? (36:35) - Expected Value: A Simple Yet Po...
Boeing 737 MAX and the FAA: A Clash of Culture and Convexity 22.08.2019 32:30
As we await results of NTSB and grand jury investigations, many questions linger about what went wrong (0:45) - Boeing 737 MAX: Did Profit Motive Override Sound Design? (8:15) - Remember the DC-10? How Consumers Handle Shocking Tragedies (14:00) - MCAS Software Enhancement: The Right Solution, Wrongly Delivered? (22:45) - Does The FAA Give Boeing Too Much Control? (28:30) - What To Expect From Boe...
How to Trade Unicorns Before They IPO 15.08.2019 16:11
A growing herd of unicorns and their founders and investors are finding liquidity without rushing to IPO (0:45) - A New Marketplace for Pre-IPO Trading (6:00) - How Forge Creates Value for Unicorns and Investors (8:25) - Innovation with Spotify and Slack: What's a Direct Listing? (12:15) - A Herd of Unicorns: Growth Potential for the Pre-IPO Market (15:00) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
Facebook Faceplant: First AI Failure, More to Come 26.07.2018 44:38
The greatest accidental experiment in social media has a lot to teach us about taming the AI beast (2:00) - Facebook Flopped and It's Great! (5:45) - Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 (10:35) - Prometheus Achieves World Domination (16:00) - Taming the Beast that AI Could Become (21:10) - 5 Proofs We Are Naturally Irrational (24:20) - Driving Money Away, Keeping Bad Habits (29:25) - Repelling Helpful...
The $100 Billion Cult: Video Gaming & Global Youth Culture 19.07.2018 34:11
I'm not crazy about kids wasting hours playing video games, but there has to be a way to profit from it, for all of us (0:30) - Stock-Picking: Better Than Video Games? (4:30) - Fortnite Battle Royale: Free Viral Mania Makes Millions (10:45) - Video Game Industry: Where $100 Billion Comes From (14:30) - Amazon's Twitch Creates a Whole New World (21:15) - Freemium Model: What Impact on Console Co...
Dopamine and the Weather, Part 2 12.07.2018 50:23
How technology changes human behavior and social rules, but not human nature and genetics—yet. (0:45) - The Century of Biology (8:00) – Wonderful Dopamine: The Attention Drug (21:30) – Memory, Emotion and Learning Complete the Loop (33:00) - Dopamine in the Noisy Concert of Consciousness (39:05) - The Cerebral Symphony: Arouse, Orient, Detect, Execute (43:10) – Find Your Flow: 5 Ways To Learn More...
Dopamine and the Weather, Part 1 28.06.2018 50:57
How technology changes human behavior and social rules, but not human nature and genetics—yet. (1:15) - FDA Shares Strategic Vision on Gene Therapies (5:25) - Human Nature: New Science vs. Old Assumptions (12:30) - Steven Pinker: Using Biology to Inform Beliefs (17:40) - How Technology Changes Everything But Human Nature (25:00) - Candace Pert: Your Body Is Your Subconscious Mind (34:15) - Multi-...
Knowledge, Certainty, and Destiny: How to Keep Up With Science & Technology 21.06.2018 38:39
Science is bringing the future to you faster every year and this requires a mind wide open (0:45) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (5:10) - Meet the Huxleys: Evolution's Grand Champions (10:15) - The Chaos Theory of Learning & Unstoppable Creativity (16:10) - Books for Minds Wide Open: Bill Nye and Richard Feynman (23:45) - The Death of Doubt: Why We Pretend To Know It All (28:00)...
3 Rules of Wealth for Bull Markets 07.06.2018 29:18
At the risk of over-simplifying, I crystallize my favorite principles into lessons for all future bull markets (0:45) - Navigating the Bull Market (6:00) - Following The Smart Money (8:45) - Kevin's Market Melt-Up Recipe (11:30) - 3 Wealth-Building Rules for Bull Markets (18:00) - A Quick Look at How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain (27:50) - Episode Roundup: Podcast@Zacks.com
Your Brain On Risk: 8 Questions to Check Your Investing Biases 30.05.2018 43:59
Why do the same bad investing decisions keep cropping up for some people? (1:00) - Are You a Trader or Long Term Investor? (5:00) - A Quiz on Your Psychology of Investing (10:45) - Should You Be Listening To Everything Your Advisor Says? (13:50) - What Should You Do With An Inheritance? (21:15) - How To Navigate A Market Correction (25:10).- Loss Aversion, Confirmation and Availability Bias (35:4...
Apple iPhones Give Me the Feelies 09.01.2018 33:33
Long before anyone noticed what smartphones did to kids, a wise teacher warned us about the dangers of our devices (0:30) - Judgement Day: Big Investors Write a Letter To Apple (5:30) - Smartphone Addiction: How Did We Get Here? (8:20) - Neil Postman: A Wise Teacher Ahead Of His Time (11:00) - The Medium Is The Message (17:30) - Perfecting Captivation: Tantalizing Television (22:40) - Technopoly...
What's The Undoing Project All About? 03.01.2018 34:29
Resist as he might, Michael Lewis couldn't help but write the story of the partnership that created the most exciting economic power since the invention of money (0:30) - The Collision of Markets and Psychology (5:30) - The Great Partnership of Kahneman and Tversky (12:00) - CES in Vegas: What Should You Be Watching? (20:00) - The Undeniable Force Behind The Undoing Project (31:15) - Train Your Br...
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Your Investing? 12.12.2017 25:52
AI is not a replacement for stock-picking, but it will become a powerful ally against bad decision-making (0:20) - qplum : Deep learning & AI Based Trading Strategy (3:30) - AI Disruption On Asset Management Industry (7:00) - Customized Portfolios: How AI Is Useful To Investors (11:00) - Adjustment and Rebalancing Strategies of qplum (15:30) - Tax Efficiency & qplum Integration With Brokers (18:00...
12 Lessons Before You Trade Bitcoin Futures 07.12.2017 43:17
New risk management for the newest asset class is a welcome innovation, but requires different knowledge and skills than buy-and-hold (0:45) - Bitcoin Surges Over $12,000... then $13K (5:10) - 6 Starter Insights to Trade Bitcoin (15:45) - How Will Large Futures Traders Impact Bitcoin? (18:40) - What's Good About Futures Contracts? (26:50) - The Crucial Function of the Clearing House (30:10) - Cont...
Bitcoin or CRISPR: Which is the Bigger Disruptor? 29.11.2017 33:32
In just 5 years, two new "exponential technologies" have been created that will dramatically change the world (0:25) - Nothing Changes Economics and Behavior Like New Technology (4:00) - The "Fear Of Missing Out" On Bitcoin Pushes it Over $10,000 (11:10) - 4 Thinkers Who Influence Bitcoin Mania (18:30) - Genetic Disruption: CRISPR-Cas9 (23:00) - CRISPR Creator Becomes Its Cassandra (28:30) - The...
Don't Fight the Gravity of Exponential Change 22.11.2017 43:55
Technology is reshaping life and business so fast that intelligent adaptation could be the #1 skill of the 21 st century ( 0:30 ) - Hot Topics for Family Get-Togethers ( 4:00 ) - Exponential Technologies: Change at the Speed of Light ( 10:30 ) - Futurist Alvin Toffler's "Predictable" Life ( 16:00 ) - Anti-Technology Ideology: Neo-Luddism ( 21:00 ) - Overview of Warnings: Finding Cassandras to...
Bitcoin $20,000 Before Zero 15.11.2017 43:09
Why the leading cryptocurrency has been strongly validated in the past month and dispels the bubble talk (1:30) - Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Revolution (12:00) - Bitcoin Volatility: The Hard Fork (17:00) - Square Testing Integration Of Bitcoin (22:00) - Zimbabwe Coup Spikes Bitcoin Over $13,500 (27:00) - CME Bitcoin Futures: Regulated Price Discovery & Arbitrage (36:00) - Xbox One X and Tesla Upd...
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