Topic summary
47%9 analyzed articles/videos3,494 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investing results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 1,506 hits. Analysis detected 15,031 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,748 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 43% (9,562 of 16,562 topics). This Investing is better (less manipulative) than 57.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 14,748
Article count: 9
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510042.3% percentile
2.6% BS Score9 analyzed articles14.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.0%8.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 10.2%10.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate