Valdimir Bajic

What is survivorship bias in investing and how does it distort perceptions?

The Winner’s Lie: Why You Only See the Success Stories July 4, 2025 Every financial magazine cover features the same story: genius investors who beat the market, revolutionary strategies that crushed returns, breakthrough funds that delivered triple-digit gains. What you never see are the covers featuring the 90% who failed, the strategies that blew up, … Read more

How does AI-driven analysis create new financial biases?

When Machines Become Fortune Tellers Jul 1, 2025 AI predicts a sure win—and everyone jumps. The algorithm screams “buy,” the model flashes green, and suddenly your neighbor who couldn’t balance a checkbook last year is lecturing you about machine learning’s infallible market insights. What happens when robots mislead us? We get a new breed of … Read more

How do surges in online trading apps influence investor biases?

Swipe, Tap, FOMO: How Apps Turned Trading Into Addiction Jun 30, 2025 Robinhood launched in 2013 with a simple promise: commission-free trading for everyone. What they delivered was something more dangerous—a slot machine disguised as an investment platform. Swipe, tap, FOMO. The friction disappeared, and with it, the natural cooling-off periods that used to separate … Read more

What biases fuel the meme stock mania?

When Amateurs Feel Like Legends: The Psychology Behind Meme Stock Madness Jun 30, 2025 January 2021. GameStop hits $480. A dying brick-and-mortar video game retailer becomes the hottest stock on Earth. The crowd went wild for a gravy train that made no fundamental sense, turning mall-based retail into a generational wealth play. Novice traders with … Read more

Why do emotional narratives (like Elon Musk tweets) move markets?

The Musk Effect: When Stories Trump Fundamentals June 30, 2025 “Dogecoin jumps 20% after Musk tweet!” The headline flashes across your screen, and somewhere in your brain, two competing forces clash. The rational investor knows this is noise—a meme coin with no real utility bouncing on the whims of a billionaire’s social media habit. But … Read more

How does social media hype influence stock or crypto prices?

When TikTok Traders Turned GameStop Into a Casino Jun 27, 2025 In January 2021, a 25-year-old named Keith Gill posted videos from his basement about GameStop stock. Within weeks, his Reddit posts and YouTube streams triggered a buying frenzy that sent GME from $17 to $483. Millions of amateur traders, armed with nothing but Robinhood … Read more

Why does FOMO drive crypto investment decisions?

The Next Bitcoin Delusion “This could be the next Bitcoin!” The WhatsApp message arrives at 3 AM from your brother-in-law. He’s breathless about some token you’ve never heard of, trading on an exchange you can’t pronounce. By breakfast, three more friends have texted about it. By lunch, it’s trending on Twitter. By dinner, you’re staring … Read more

WOLF Stock Price: Don’t Expect Rockets from Garbage Tickers

WOLF Stock Price: From Market Leader to Monumental Failure June 24, 2025 WOLF wasn’t just another tech name. It was, at one point, a crown jewel—a high-spec semiconductor player with elite gear, next-gen materials tech, and a brand that carried real institutional weight. The stock traded above $140 in early 2021, supported by government subsidies and … Read more

What is Tether USDT: The Silent Storm

What Is Tether USDT and Why Does It Matter in the Crypto World June 24, 2025 Tether is no longer some niche crypto tool hiding in the background. It’s now a full-blown monster—a financial juggernaut pulling profit at levels that embarrass legacy giants. In 2024 alone, Tether pulled in over $13 billion in profit, and … Read more

What role does scarcity bias play in market panics?

When Empty Shelves Create Full Panic June 23, 2025 Picture the grocery store in March 2020. Empty toilet paper aisles. Bare shelves where bread used to sit. Suddenly, everyone needed everything, right now, because it might not be there tomorrow. The scarcity wasn’t real—supply chains were functioning—but the fear was. And fear, once it takes … Read more