Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality.

While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.

Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.

The risks facing hedge funds are non-linear and more complex than those facing traditional asset classessuch risks are currently not widely appreciated or well-understood