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Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics
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Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics

The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” explores online dating, the future of global finance, sports and advertising, and how AI is informing human decision-making.

Penn Today Staff

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How investors misjudge market predictions based on quarterly earnings

How investors misjudge market predictions based on quarterly earnings

Research from Wharton finance professor Jessica Wachter shows that investors systematically overreact to repetitive earnings news and then correct that mistake in the months that follow. The cause is a behavioral phenomenon known as correlation neglect.