Psychological studies show that humans overweight tangible factors and underweight intangible ones when making decisions.

This talk shows how these biases affect the stock market - it focuses excessively on short-term profit, but ignores environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. As a result, all investors - not just ESG investors - can profit by using intangible factors that are not fully valued by the market.

It also explains how investors can uncover tell-tale signals of CEOs' confidence in their firm and invest accordingly.

A lecture by Alex Edmans 27 October

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/hidden-investment

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