http://theguruinvestor.com/2009/11/16/avoid-confirmation-bias/ Thoughts, ideas and insight from the top minds in the investment world Mon, 28 May 2012 12:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theguruinvestor.com/2009/11/16/avoid-confirmation-bias/#comment-844 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:53:09 +0000 http://theguruinvestor.com/?p=3080#comment-844 [...] Confirmation bias is the human trait of looking for information that supports our decisions, and avoiding information that seems to contradict it.  If, for example, you believe emerging market countries will have the best stock market returns, you are more likely to read articles that support this conclusion, rather than ones that give data showing the fastest growing economies have not turned in the strongest stock market performances. [...]

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