Tag: losing

Daylight Saving Time Starts – 11 Things You Can Do To Adjust To Losing That Hour Of Sleep
HEALTH & WELLNESS

Daylight Saving Time Starts – 11 Things You Can Do To Adjust To Losing That Hour Of Sleep

As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins, there can be anxiety around losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change. Usually an hour seems like an insignificant amount of time, but even this minimal loss can cause problems. There can be significant health repercussions of this forcible shift in the body clock. Springing forward is usually harder that falling backward. Why? The natural internal body clock rhythm in people tends to be slightly longer than 24 hours, which means that every day we tend to delay our sleep schedules. Thus, “springing forward” goes against the body’s natural rhythm. It is similar to a mild case of jet lag caused by traveling east – in which you lose time and have trouble falling asleep at an earlier hour that night. Even though it’s tec...
Investors Selectively Forget Their Money-Losing Stocks – They Often Have A Biased Memory – Why Are They So Cocky?
MONEY

Investors Selectively Forget Their Money-Losing Stocks – They Often Have A Biased Memory – Why Are They So Cocky?

Philip Fernbach, University of Colorado Boulder and Daniel Walters, INSEAD The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Stock investors mistakenly remember their past investments as better than they actually were, which leads them to be overconfident about how they’ll perform in the future, according to our new study. Past research has shown that investors tend to be very overconfident. But there’s been little explanation as to why. We wondered whether a biased memory might play a role. So we recruited about 900 investors – mostly men, who dominate the finance industry – through online forums and panels and conducted three studies. In the first, we asked 401 investors a series of questions intended to estimate their level of overconfidence, glean the...
Here’s How Companies Can Prevent Women From Losing Decades Of Workplace Progress Due To COVID-19
BUSINESS, Journalism

Here’s How Companies Can Prevent Women From Losing Decades Of Workplace Progress Due To COVID-19

American women have made strides in the workplace over the past half-century in terms of earnings, employment and careers – in no small part thanks to the efforts of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The COVID-19 pandemic risks undoing many of these gains in a matter of months. Without concrete action, I believe a generation of women may never fully recover. One group of women who are at particular risk are those in professional fields. While fortunate enough to have quality jobs, many are being forced by the increased demands of child care to reduce working hours – or to stop working altogether. Mothers have always handled more of a household’s child care than fathers have, but it has become further lopsided since lockdowns began earlier this year. As a result, more than one in fou...
Obamacare’s insurance safety net protects many of the millions losing their employer-provided health insurance – but not all
HEALTH & WELLNESS, Journalism

Obamacare’s insurance safety net protects many of the millions losing their employer-provided health insurance – but not all

The loss of 31 million jobs due to coronvirus has an added downside: 27 million have lost job-based health insurance. The worst may still lie ahead. One study estimated that 25 to 43 million people could lose coverage from their employer. The situation for many Americans feels dramatic. Fortunately, the limited U.S. safety net will be able to cushion some of the fallout for almost 80% through programs like Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. And, of course, all preexisting conditions are still required to be covered by all insurers. Yet millions will be left without coverage. As a professor of public policy, I believe there are four things you need to consider if you’ve been laid off, or if you didn’t have health insurance before th...
Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend
IN OTHER NEWS

Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend

On the afternoon of Jan. 26, I was at the Indiana men’s basketball game when a chorus of cellphones in the crowd pinged, alerting them to the news of Kobe Bryant’s death. I was astonished at how quickly fans’ attention switched from the game to utter shock and disbelief at the news of Bryant’s passing. Soon, it seemed like the entire nation was in mourning. Sure, we might expect the basketball world to grieve the passing of one of its all-time greats. But grief came from all corners. The Grammy Awards featured poignant tributes to Bryant. President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama offered their condolences. People who had never met Bryant told reporters they felt like they had just lost a family member. How can so many be so deeply affected by the death of someone they’ve ...