Behavioural Investing Insights & Research
Fastnet AMS publishes original research on how active investors make decisions. Drawing on our SkillMetrics behavioural-analytics platform, our insights examine the decisions behind portfolio outcomes — the biases, timing and conviction that separate skill from luck — and translate them into practical guidance for institutional investors.
We're not a research house — we're a practice that publishes.
Behavioural Investing Insights Book – Volume I
The Behavioural Investing Insights Book is a printed annual publication produced by FASTNET AMS.
It brings together selected research, internal studies, and long-form reflections developed throughout the year, edited and structured as a reference publication for institutional investment decision-makers.
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Behavioural analysis in investing is the study of how investors actually make decisions — the patterns, biases and habits behind buy, hold and sell choices rather than only the returns they produce. It separates genuine decision skill from luck, making the quality of an investment process measurable over time.
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By analysing the individual decisions a manager makes — entries, exits, sizing and timing — and judging each against the information available at the time, independent of the outcome. This shows whether good results came from skill or chance, and where the process can be improved.
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A systematic tendency that pushes an investor away from the decision the evidence supports — such as holding losers too long or selling winners too early. These biases quietly erode returns, and spotting them is the first step to reducing their cost.
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An annual printed publication from Fastnet AMS that collects the firm's research, internal studies and long-form analysis from across the year, edited as a reference for institutional investment decision-makers.