There's extensive academic literature on the risks faced by investors who are overly confident of their ability to beat the market. They tend to trade more often, even if they're losing money doing so ...
I'm sure this is normal in some people but I have this weird kind of memory where I can remember the dates that certain things happened on. Hell, I'll remember the day I got my dog Sparky when I was 8 ...
Subjects were 943 5- and 6-year-old mestizo and Quechua Indian children living in jungle villages near Lamas and in slum settlements in Lima, Peru. Some 6-year-olds attended school, and others did not ...