Samantha Lamas

Trading on your smartphone can affect how you invest.

How to turn interested observers into participants.

It is important to acknowledge our biases.

A look at what’s led people to invest in this risky asset.

Consider involving clients' families in financial planning.

Personalization, deep knowledge, and shared goals can establish advisor-client trust.

Sustainable investing can be an appealing, but complex, subject.

Those great deals may actually end up being worse for your wallet.

The findings are mixed, but there are ways to improve the effectiveness of financial literacy programs.

Explaining low savings rates among Hispanic households.

Fixing an ingrained scarcity mindset requires more than extra money.

Proxy voting provides a way for investors to have a say on ESG issues.

Here are some ways to prolong the good financial habits developed over the past year.

How to make smart financial decisions, when offers are designed to know you better than you know yourself.

Adopting mental shortcuts can help you stick to a budget.

Our research explores how financial rules of thumb can help or hold back investors.

Your investment plan lineup is not a buffet table--the dangers of naïve diversification.

How to use decision-making aids in financial advising.

Do investors have sustainable fund options in defined-contribution plans?

Advisors are offered tips are how to handle clients, especially during volatility.

Morningstar's latest behavioral research shows that interest in sustainable investing persists despite the coronavirus.

Falling victim to statistical discrimination may be hurting your bottom line and steering clients away.

The network gap makes it harder for people without connections to break into the finance industry. Here’s how we can start to bridge this gap.

Using tested techniques can help you skip the mental short cuts and remind yourself of what you're working toward during the coronavirus pandemic.

How memories of market crashes could be clouding your judgment now.

We want to act, but should we?

With investors in fight-or-flight mode, here's how to make sure it doesn't affect their finances.

These three saving rules can help you stay on track with your financial plan.