I shared this post last spring, and I think it’s a great reminder to help us keep our expectations in check for the new year.
The recency effect is a well-known cognitive bias in which events that have occurred most recently are given more weight than a longer-term trend. Recency bias poses a problem when it comes to evaluating investment returns—most people will only look at the last year’s returns, disregarding historical trends.
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