by Jason Apollo Voss | 09 09 2012 | Blog, News & Events
Here is a column I wrote for the Financial Time’s FTfm section about “Why it’s so tricky detecting a lie.”
by Jason Apollo Voss | 06 09 2012 | News & Events
Three weeks from today, on 27 September 2012, I will be sharing the stage with best-selling author, and friend, Patricia Aburdene. Specifically I will be talking about some of my favorite subjects: conscious capitalism, intuition, and meditation. Come see me speak...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 08 2012 | Best of the Blog, Blog
A seemingly endless battle is waged between believers in the efficient market hypothesis, such as Eugene Fama, and believers in behavioral finance, such as Daniel Kahneman. Regardless of your perspective, an analysis of the S&P 500’s history of sigma events...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 16 08 2012 | Best of the Blog, Blog
With more than 100 scholarly papers to her name, Bella DePaulo, visiting professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a preeminent authority on lying and deceit behavior. In her book, The Hows and Whys of Lies, the Harvard...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 13 08 2012 | Blog
In a recent post, “Generating Investment Ideas,” I interviewed scenario-planning expert Jim Butcher, the former head of Morgan Stanley’s Strategic Engagement Group and current CEO of boutique consultancy Entegra Partners. In this installment, my interviewee is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 19 07 2012 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Financial analysts are in the business of evaluating the truth of information. But there is a shocking lack of academic research about how financial analysts can improve their lie and deception detection skills even though the monetary stakes are measured in trillions...