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Tett, Gillian. "How can an investor tell if a bank is heading for danger? Analysts have proposed all manner of financial measures. But why not analyse the words of the...

"New research suggests market bubbles are driven by a biological impulse to predict others’ behaviour ... people are more likely to overvalue assets in a bubble ...   Benedetto De Martino,...

Owen, Lord David: "British Prime Ministers such as David Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Thatcher and US President George W Bush met the clinical diagnosis of Hubris Syndrome, first described in...

"Broughton reviews the different approaches to power taken by some of today’s leading CEOs. Call it what you like, raw power, its acquisition and use, still count in business.   Philip...

On days when London City traders made above-average profits, their testosterone levels went up. At the same time, cortisol levels were sensitive to the volatility in the market, which is...

"It is the fashion to see people increasingly as one of two types - a narcissist, or the victim of one - so perhaps it is worth asking precisely what...

“..groupthink and wishful thinking pose the biggest risks in finance, not deliberate malevolence. Investors - and bankers - should read this Princeton research, and stand warned. Gillian Tett ft.com, 22...

Rappeport, Alan. "Kevin Sharer, recently retired CEO of Amgen, provides a perspective on risk taking from someone who has been at the front line. "Seizing opportunity always involves risk. You've got to...

"Power changes people. After four years in office, Obama is less empathetic. Romney lacks empathy even now, even before the immense power of presidential office takes its hold, if he wins,...

"Kennedy, Roosevelt, Gandhi and Churchill all suffered various types of depression, bipolar syndrome or hyperactive manias. But instead of being a handicap, these “problems”, when kept under some control, helped...