Investor Biases; irrationality and common investor mistakes
While traditional finance assumes that investors will rationally calculate probabilities of outcomes to maximize utility, behavioral finance suggests that we make decisions based on bounded rationality and instead of maximizing our benefit, we come to satisfactory conclusions without necessarily getting what is best.
Owning stocks pays dividends
Pay dividends: To cause or produce good results in the future due to an investment of time, money, or other resources.