I have $50,000 in savings earning nothing because putting it in the stock market feels like gambling, but I buy lottery tickets every week.
More people experience this than they realize.
Probability neglect and loss aversion can make objectively safer long-term investments feel more dangerous than statistically hopeless speculation.
“Where Are You with Behavioral economics — biases in financial decisions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.