Hopkins Tampa Bay: Why People Make Irrational Financial Decisions: A Look at Behavioral Finance featuring John Schott (JHU Class of ‘62)

Join fellow Johns Hopkins alumni for a fascinating on talk on Behavioral Finance from expert John Schott, M.D. (A&S ‘62).  Behavioral finance is a relatively new field that seeks to combine behavioral and cognitive psychological theory with conventional economics and finance to provide explanations for why people make irrational financial decisions.

Dr. Schott is Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee and Lead Portfolio Manager of Steinberg Global.  A value-oriented investor, he is nationally recognized for his expertise in the psychology of investing.  Dr. Schott is a frequent guest expert when the press needs his insight, including those at Forbes, Forbes.com, CBS, and The Wall Street Journal. He has also been a guest on CNBC and ABC News.  Dr. Schott authored an investment book, Mind Over Money; is an active lecturer on the psychology of investing; and is co-chairman of Harvard University’s annual Congress on the Psychology of Investing. Now a retired practicing psychiatrist, he was the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Metro West Hospital in Natick, Mass., taught at Harvard Medical School and was President of Psychservices, PC, in Natick. In 1975, Dr. Schott became a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. 

Ulele’s Native American inspired food and spirits provides the perfect, trendy atmosphere on the Tampa Riverwalk for this event.   The former 1903 Tampa Water Works pumping station has been filled with art specially bought or commissioned for Ulele, and the restaurant’s table tops, bases, front door and other aspects of the restaurant were designed by local artists and craftsmen.