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Behaving Like a Fool The debate between efficient markets and behavioral finance continues to rage in academic circles. Here are some of the key differences in the two approaches to the movements of stock prices. |
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March 20, 2007
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Disgust Is Nice, but Fear and Panic Are Much Better The more that emotion is driving the stock seller, the better you'll do. So here are the feelings you should look for in a seller. Apathy... Disgust... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2007
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Warren Buffett's Priceless Investment Advice If investing in wonderful companies at fair prices is good enough for Warren Buffett -- arguably the finest investor on the planet -- it should good enough for the rest of us. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2006
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Pessimism's Potent Profits Investors, the stock market is often driven by emotions, not data. If you learn to recognize that, you can profit from it. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Is That a $100 Bill Lying on the Ground? Two Views of Market Efficiency In early October, Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their research, conducted independently, into how individuals make economic decisions. The two discovered that investors are not systematically rational, as traditional economic theory asserts. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2005 |
Understanding the "Efficient Market Theory" The efficient market theory, or EMT, is a theory suggesting that all available information about a stock is known and factored into its price. Thus, an investor shouldn't be able to find undervalued or overvalued stocks. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Is Behavioral Finance a Growth Industry? The subdiscipline of behavioral finance has gained ground over the last half-decade. The idea is simple: Investors are not as rational as traditional theory has assumed, and biases in their decision-making can have a cumulative effect on asset prices... |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
Game Theory Versus Practice More companies are using game theory to aid decision-making. How well does it work in the real world? |
Science News
Julie Rehmeyer |
Traveler's Dilemma: When It's Smart To Be Dumb Some game theory paradoxes can be resolved by assuming that people adopt multiple personae, and aren't rational. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
Anand Chokkavelu |
Technical Analysis Is Stupid This investing technique will lose you money. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
C. Michael Carty |
Do Investors Make Rational Or Emotional Decisions? Behavioral finance looks to predict investor action. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
Joshua Weinberger |
White Paper A new theory of financial behavior: The seeming irrationality of the typical investor is, in fact, a series of adaptive responses to an uncertain, rapidly changing environment. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Susan Hirshman |
The Wealth Advisor: Profiting by Behavior Competition for affluent clients is fiercer than ever. To attract their attention, you need to stand out from the crowd. You must have better insights about your clients and the markets and a better process to deliver your services. In other words, you have to be a wealth manager. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Salim Haji |
Freddie Mac: No Housing Bubble Here's the scoop on why Freddie Mac believes that the U.S. real estate market today is rational. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2007
Dale Baker |
Forget the Straight Lines Successful long-term investors learn how to accept the market's occasional banana peels and concentrate on long-term returns for their portfolio. They focus on valuations and company performance, instead of this week's or next week's market sentiment. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2007
Morgan Housel |
Get Out of China While You Still Can Investors, be wary of the exuberance in the Chinese economy. One belief that tends to characterize market bubbles is that "it's different this time," but beware, it isn't. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
C. Thomas Howard |
Smarter Money When they do their job skillfully, active equity managers exploit market inefficiencies others choose to ignore. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2008
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Thanks a Lot, Dow Theory Market timing can make you miss out on profits. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
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Do This and You'll Never Panic Again Invest in a way that makes you comfortable. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Do You Fear Friday the 13th? Is this your unlucky day for investing? Or is it a chance to overcome your fears? |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why Investing Won't Always Be This Easy From current levels, you can't count on seeing all stocks go up in the near future. You'd be well advised to narrow your investing focus onto the stocks that have the best prospects going forward. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2005
Paul Elliott |
This Little Trick Might Work If you take stock tips, you'd better know who you're talking to. This small-cap enthusiast plumbs the psyche of one highly touted stock picker for the method to his madness. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2008
David Meier |
3 Ways to Brighten Your Portfolio How to keep the right temperament in a bumpy market. |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2012
Anne Field |
Human Behavior A discipline combining economics and psychology, behavioral finance turns one basic tenet of economic theory -- that people make rational decisions when given the right information -- on its head. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2010
Todd Wenning |
One Way to Find Deep Value Stocks The good news is that 50-cent dollars are available in today's market. The bad news is that they're harder to find when the market's up. It takes a truly special situation to find one after the market's rallied 60% since last March. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
A Call for the Courageous in This Crazy Market These are scary times for investors. But these are also the times that separate the brave from the fearful, the heroes from the hysterics, the men from the boys ... you get the picture. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2009
Ken Solow |
What If Warren Buffett Were a Strategic Asset Allocator? Enter a terrifying 'what if' world scenario in which Warren Buffett no longer cares about little things like "value." |
Finance & Development
September 2009
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Questioning a Chastened Priesthood A profile of psychologist Daniel Kahneman about the psychological research of economic science. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2009
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Recover Your Losses Without Getting Desperate Making money isn't just about adding risk. Should you increase the risk level in your portfolio to try to grab the best returns you can get? |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2007
John Rosevear |
Don't Lose Grandma's Money! Are some dollars more valuable than others? Mental accounting is a cornerstone of behavioral finance -- the study of why people sometimes do things with their money that don't seem rational. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
The Secret to Buy-and-Hold Investing This strategy can still make you rich, but you have to pay attention. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Stephen Cass |
Thread-Bare Theories An interview with string-theory critic Lee Smolin about the challenges facing physics. |
InternetNews
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Technical Analysis: Dow Theory Turns Up An old theory gives its first clear buy signal since 2003. |
InternetNews
December 5, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM Extends Rational For SOA Deployment IBM is extending its Eclipse-based Rational line and offering new standalone support for Eclipse users. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Right on Target The retailer's September sales are poised to be an improvement over the previous two months. Unfortunately for investors, retailers are not tremendously over- or undervalued. |
Science News
May 20, 2006 |
Science Safari: Darwin and Evolution This online exhibit is a fascinating account of how Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution and how that theory is regarded today. |
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June 1, 2010
Denise Federer |
When Good Clients Behave Badly Learning how and why your clients think is critical to helping them make sound financial decisions. |
