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O'Shaughnessy explores how ego destroys investment returns: ego prevents selling losers (admitting you were wrong), prevents buying unloved stocks (ego wants glamorous investments), and prevents holding through drawdowns (ego needs to look smart).
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Canon
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O'Shaughnessy connects ego to the true-self/false-self Canon: the ego-driven investor presents confidence and sophistication (false self) while the most successful investors are humble, uncertain, and constantly learning (true self).
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Ego makes investors hold losers, avoid unloved stocks, and sell winners too early — ego optimization and return optimization are opposites
O'Shaughnessy argues that ego-driven investment behavior (looking smart, avoiding embarrassment, seeking validation) produces the opposite of good returns: holding losers (avoiding the admission of being wrong), buying glamorous stocks (wanting to name-drop), and selling winners early (locking in the validation of being right).Was this useful?