Improving the Investment Decision Process: Behavioral Alpha

In this presentation, Nili Gilbert, CFA, cofounder and portfolio manager at Matarin Capital Management, discusses how to improve investment decisions by eliminating cognitive bias and emotion; how to identify specific behavioral opportunities and risks in the current market environment; the role of quantitative/systematic techniques in mitigating, or magnifying, human bias; and building and managing investment teams that are resilient to bias and groupthink.