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Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese interview Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Richard Thaler about behavioral finance and its implications in various fields.

In this special live episode of Facts vs Feelings from Carson's Second Quarter Summit in Chicago, Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese sit down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Richard Thaler for a conversation that ranges from NFL draft strategy to retirement savings design to why markets keep producing events that are statistically supposed to be impossible. Thaler breaks down his "Loser's Curse" research on the NFL draft, explaining why top picks are systematically overvalued and why tradi...

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Hosts: Ryan Detrick, Sonu Varghese

Guest: Dr. Richard Thaler

Topics covered

• behavioral finance
• Nobel Prize
• NFL draft strategy
• retirement savings
• market events

Keywords

• behavioral finance
• Nobel Prize
• NFL draft
• retirement savings
• market anomalies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carson Investment Research

Places: Chicago

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