Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

What Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect? The Dunning-Kruger effect happens when when someone who isn't especially knowledgeable in a particular area overestimates how much they know or how good they are at ...

Test how well you remember the past. Is it the Berenstein Bears or the Berenstain Bears? Does Curious George have a tail or not? These are classic examples of what's called the Mandela Effect. But ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between “affect” and “effect.” Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase “the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements.” The ...

Brian Dolan's decades of experience as a trader and strategist have exposed him to all manner of global macro-economic market data, news and events. His expertise spans the spectrum from technical ...

The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon that makes us question even the most mundane memories from the past. In June 2019, the famed New York Times crossword puzzle made it the theme, and defined it as, "a ...