Stock prices are at a level today (this article was posted in October 2007) that virtually assures that people will be asking in days to come why stocks […]
Stock Panic Up Close and Personal
I want to quit now. But I just can’t split now. –The Miracles, “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.” We have seen stock panic playing out in […]
Fear and Greed: Investor Emotions Correlated With Stock Valuations
We need to know more about investor emotions. The Stock-Return Predictor provides us the information we need to assess the risk and reward associated with a stock investment […]
A Behavioral Finance Approach to Picking Stocks
It used to be that the most important tool that you needed for picking stocks was a subscription to Value Line. It was by studying the numbers that […]
Why Is Today’s Stock Investing Advice So Poor?
Much of today’s stock investing advice can fairly be described as less than top-rate stuff. Stocks are good, we are told. After “buy” comes “hold,” they say. Don’t […]
The Future of Behavioral Finance
The madman has lost everything except his reason. –C.K. Chesterton The Efficient Market Theory is a lie (that humans do not possess emotions) that generated many other lies […]
How Did Common-Sense Investing Become Controversial?
I’ve got troubles so hard, I cannot stand the strain. I’ve got troubles so hard, I just cannot stand the strain. Some young lazy slut has charmed away […]