The 1973 Experiment That Explains Why Investors Lose

In 1973, eight expert horse bettors were handed eight times more information. Their accuracy didn't move an inch. Their confidence doubled. That one study might explain why your stock screener, and every research subscription you pay for, is quietly making you a worse investor rather than a better one. In this episode I tell the story of Paul Slovic's experiment, and what it means for anyone who believes that more data is the path to better investing. The truth is that the information was never the hard part. Temperament was. And no screener has ever sold you that.

📄 The full written essay: https://www.safalniveshak.com/eight-experts-forty-facts-one-investing-lesson/

🔬 The study: Paul Slovic, "Behavioral Problems of Adhering to a Decision Policy" (1973). You can read the original here: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/23607

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