“Unchecked, it’s your brain’s very own portfolio killer,” warns the author of today’s article of the recency bias – the tendency to focus on and look for patterns in events that have happened most recently, assume that events will continue in that manner, and make decisions accordingly. The risk of investors falling victim to the recency bias is particularly great now, given the very good returns the market has provided over the last several years. As such, the author outlines steps investors can take to combat this insidious portfolio killer. To find out what these steps are, CLICK HERE.