Behavioural Finance: Insights into Irrational Minds and Markets James Montier
Publisher: Wiley

Aug 25, 2011 - INTRODUCTION Recent meltdowns of global financial markets in 2001 and 2008 have provided proponents of behavioural finance with reasonable evidence to challenge the champions of neoclassical finance and the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). As the parent of a Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Jul 29, 2013 - Researchers occasionally offer sweeping theories on the persistence of discounts and conclude that investors are simply irrational, but researchers tend to stay away from how individual decision-making pertains to CEF investing. As with all things in finance (such as the type of investor you are), there are shades of gray, but you can basically break down investing strategies into one of those two categories. Behavioral economists claim that consumers cannot rationally pick products in the free market. When traders adapt their behavior to reflect past successes and failures, some market structures are better than others to foster efficiency. Dec 29, 2013 - Are you an active or a passive investor? Sunshine Trading in an of Finance 62, No. Feb 7, 2013 - Can the irrational primacy effect impact your choice of babysitters? Feb 27, 2014 - In “A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior,” you will learn about some of the many ways in which we behave in less than rational ways, and how we might overcome some of our shortcomings. The phenomenon of market The phenomenon of market 'bubbles' has been debated in both finance academic and industry circles and featured in documentaries such as Nova's “Mind over Money”. A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Change: Confirmatory Bias in Financial Markets. May 2014 Shows that liquidity in emerging financial markets can be higher than one could think thanks to sunshine trading, a practice according to which traders pre-announce their trading needs. But if that's the case, what Behavioral economists argue that consumers lose their minds when we're confronted with the word “free.” In The insights of behavior economics create what is essentially a Catch-22 for statists who attempt to use it. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Howell, If the market was bearish, it may have irrationally seared into your mind that equities were a dangerous place to have your money. Feb 3, 2014 - Behavioral Economics and Irrational Voters :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website.