Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

Tune in to hear: - What was the process of launching Dr. Biyani’s business Udemy like? - As an entrepreneur, how do you know when you’re a visionary that may be early to an idea vs. when the market is simply telling you your idea isn’t worthwhile? - What advantages does virtual learning have over traditional learning and where might it fall short? - Does Dr. Biyani think that a lot of the all-star...

Tune in to hear: - What gap did Dr. Chase see in the market? How has investment talent been traditionally vetted and how does this compare to how it optimally should be? - What specific personality assessments do they use and how do they settle on these? - How do Drs. Chase and Pogge utilize Rorschachs to vet different personality styles? - Taking results from a test like The Big 5 at face value m...

Tune in to hear: - Why do conversations about finances often take on such a moralistic tenor? - Is the moralizing of money a uniquely American problem or does this happen all over the world? - How can we accrue the benefits of being well off without falling prey to the lack of passion that can accompany this at times? - The possession-self link states that we don’t necessarily differentiate betwee...

Tune in to hear: - In a study that Eben helped conduct, clients were three times as likely to say they are very knowledgable about markets than their advisors were likely to say about them. Men had a similarly outsized response and were three times more likely than women to say they were knowledgable. Are clients overestimating their ability to understand markets or are their advisors not giving t...

Tune in to hear: - What is “flow” in a behavioral science context? - How do you begin to measure and study something like flow, which seems very ephemeral and hard to pin down? - Is it possible to reach a flow state performing a task/job you dislike? - How to we push past the stumbling block phase, with a challenging skill like drawing or skateboarding, and eventually work to a level of expertise...

Tune in to hear: - What does Charlotte’s day to day role as a Chief Behavioral Officer look like? - Has the science of motivating employees shifted a great deal since The Great Depression or do other cultural or economic factors play into people’s loyalty to a particular company? - How accurately can people assess what motivates them to work? - What wrong assumptions do people routinely make about...

Tune in to hear: - Reese Harper has an advisory business, Dentist Advisors, that is exclusively for dentists. How did he take the first step to say no to everything else and how did choosing such a specific niche serve him well? - How did he land on dentists, in particular, as his niche? - Why do dentists, on average, retire 6 years later than their fellow Americans when they make 4x as much as th...

Tune in to hear: - How does Dr. Cherry implement “The Big 5” personality test in his practice? Does he approach clients with different personality traits in novel ways to better help them problem solve? - How were The Big 5 traits ultimately arrived upon? - How might one shift communication with their client if the client displays high levels of anxiety? Should the actual asset allocation look dif...

Tune in to hear: - How did Jeff’s professional path evolve from lawyer, to standup comedian and finally to behavioral science / economics? - What lessons could behavioral science stand to learn from the art of standup comedy? - If two different comedies tell a joke with similar content, the joke might land for one of them while feeling really caustic and tone deaf for the other. What might account...

Tune in to hear: - On a previous podcast, Richard Nisbett expressed that the most central message of psychology is that we have no access to most of what goes on in our heads. What studies are illustrative of this dramatic conclusion he reached? - What are the implications of this stream of thought, particularly in regards to free will and determinism? - In light of this research, are things like...

Tune in to hear: - How did Anthony move from being homeless, and in a great deal of debt, to being one of the nation’s top educators on money matters and part of the Dave Ramsey franchise? What four steps were critical in this journey? - Anthony stresses the importance of intentionality in one’s spiritual journey, network journey, net worth journey and their overall mindset. Are these elements bro...

- Three steps to mastering personal finance. - What is the knowledge or education gap in financial literature that Joe Saul-Sehy’s new book ‘ Stacked’ fills? - What role might humor play in a successful financial plan? - How can we move people towards financial goals that are more visceral and poignant and away from mimetic, or culturally inherited, goals? - Why is automation such a powerful finan...

Tune in to hear: - What is Colin’s perspective on the extreme fear and greed that arose throughout the pandemic in 2020? These are constants within the market, but why were they of particular interest in this cycle? - Are investors primed for misbehavior because of what we went through last year? - Learn more about Colin’s new book Fed Up: Success, Excess and Crisis Through the Eyes of a Hedge Fun...

Tune in to hear: - What might the personality of an ideal hire for a leadership position in asset management look like? - How can one measure things like emotional intelligence and curiosity that can seem kind of ethereal or hard to get your arms around? - Has Michael come across any counterintuitive, or surprising, discoveries in his research as he’s tried to fill talent gaps in the financial ser...

Tune in to hear: - Carl Richards speaks about serving real financial advisors. This of course presupposes the existence of fake financial advisors, so what’s the difference between a real financial advisor and a fake financial advisors? - What practical advice can help one avoid a financial advisor that doesn’t have your best interests at heart? - How do we help clients articulate powerful goals t...

Tune in to hear: - Is the classic retirement trope of working hard until your 65 and retiring to a life of leisure sort of an antiquated way of thinking about retirement? - Is the prospect of people having to work later in their life net good or net negative for most individuals? - Research shows that people who are retired, on average, are happier than those who aren’t. However, there’s also an o...

Tune in to hear: - Why might the narrative that “our parents’ generation had it much easier financially than we do now” be incorrect? What assumptions does it make? - When yields on a 50/50 stock and bond portfolio, yields are historically anemic right now. What are investors supposed to do in a time like this and how do we prevent them from just chasing yield and moving up the risk spectrum? - Wh...

Tune in to hear: - Why is Adam Smith considered to be the original behavioral economist? - Mike is advocating for mission driven capitalism. How does this contrast with a more classic approach to Capitalism that’s focused on shareholder value? - Why might mission driven corporations outperform the S&P 500? Is there a specific mechanic at play here? - How can consumers and investors separate out tr...

Tune in to hear: - Why do we often defer our dreams for so long and how might we be more proactive in seeking them out? - Reflecting back on their lives, many people wish they had taken more risks. Why might we see this with such clarity at the end of our lives, while actually living it in the present is so difficult for most of us? - Is “following your dream” good advice for everyone, or do you h...

Dr. Richard Smith believes that risk literacy is essential not only for independent investors; it’s essential for anyone looking to succeed in today’s exploding digital marketplaces. Pulling from his expertise in mathematics and technology, Dr. Smith advises his clients on how to navigate the noise and distractions presented by the media and social platforms, allowing them to direct their attentio...

Tune in to hear: - Why does Tra’s new book on entrepreneurship, Boss Brain, start with a focus on evolutionary psychology and brain science? - Does our wiring lead to a certain determinism or can we embolden ourselves by understanding our inner workings? - What are some cases where business owners confuse predictability with control? - Currently, 93% of people are working for the other 7% of peopl...

This week, Dr. Crosby is joined by fellow behavioral finance geek Neil Bage. Neil is passionate about helping people make safe and informed choices and is a specialist on behavioral drivers of financial decisions. In this episode, we turn the tables and Neil interviews Daniel in celebration of the 2nd Edition release of Dr. Crosby's book 'The Laws of Wealth.' Tune in to hear: How does one go about...

JC Parets launched the All Star Charts Research Platform in September of 2014 to provide technical analysis commentary across all asset classes to investors worldwide. He also has his own podcast, Technical Analysis Radio, which helps others grow their knowledge of technical analysis. JC grew up in Miami, FL and is a big sports fan. When he’s not looking through charts, he’s probably cooking, eati...

Johnny Sandquist is the Founder & CEO of Three Crowns Marketing. He's focused on supporting RIA firms and advisor technology companies for over a decade now. He has a wife and three kids and is a huge Star Wars geek. Tune in to hear: Does Johnny advise his marketing clients to avoid or pursue engaging their target market by taking a stance on divisive, political issues? If so, what might be th...

Lindsey Bell is Ally Invest’s Chief Investment Strategist, responsible for shaping the company’s point of view on investing and the global markets. She is also President of Ally Invest Advisors, responsible for its robo advisory offerings. Lindsey has a broad background in finance, with experience on the buy-side and sell-side, in research, and in investment banking, and has held roles at JPMorgan...