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Do you have emotional control over your investments?

Claire Tan Si Ning
Claire Tan Si Ning • 4 min read
Do you have emotional control over your investments?
How can we separate our emotions from our investments? / Photo: Mathieu Stern via Unsplash
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“The more emotional an event is, the less sensible people are.” — Dr Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics

Although emotions are an essential part of what makes us human, some emotions may negatively impact our financial future. Emotions, both positive and negative, can at times overwhelm logic, making it difficult for us to make informed investment decisions. We call this emotional investing.

What is emotional investing?

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