▸▸▸▸▸▸ Enrollment for Your First Rental Property just closed — get on the waitlist for the next one 👉 https://courses.affordanything.com/ When the stock market crashes, we like to think investing is driven by logic and data. But behind every portfolio is a human being vulnerable to emotional bias, psychological blind spots, and irrational decision-making. We sit down with Clare Flynn Levy — former hedge fund manager during the 2008 financial crisis and founder of Essentia Analytics — to explore the hidden psychology behind investing, from sunk cost fallacy to emotional attachment and the behavioral mistakes that quietly shape financial decisions. Resources Check out Stock Market Maestros by Clare Flynn Levy – https://amzn.to/3PRi9Db Clare Flynn Levy’s bio – https://www.linkedin.com/in/clareflynnlevy Missed the YFRP enrollment? Join the waitlist! – https://courses.affordanything.com Stay in the loop – https://affordanything.com/newsletter Join our community – https://affordanything.com/community Chapters (00:00) Introduction (00:42) Confessions of a 2008 Hedge Fund Manager (02:30) Emotional Portfolios: How Feelings Warp Financial Returns (10:55) Sunk Costs & The Endowment Effect: Traps for Retail and Pro Investors (14:43) The Sentiment Trap: Why It’s Hard to Quit a Losing Investment (18:13) Rethinking Diversification in the Modern Market (22:53) Humans vs. Algorithms: How Technology Remade the Stock Market (26:58) The Behavioral Blunders of Picking Individual Stocks (31:20) Redefining Success: Why Investing Isn’t About Being 100% Right (36:43) The 5 Investor Archetypes: Which One Are You? (54:05) The 5-Question Decision Journal Routine for Smarter Trades (01:00:17) Building a Boring, Bulletproof Strategy for the Long Game #investing #investingpsychology #behavioralfinance #personalfinance _______________ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts: https://affordanything.com/applepodcasts Full show notes for the episode: https://affordanything.com/episode Get our show notes in your inbox: https://affordanything.com/shownotes Follow us! IG: https://instagram.com/paulapant Twitter: https://twitter.com/affordanything FB: https://facebook.com/affordanything Community: https://affordanything.com/community