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“Well, What Do You Know?”: Investor Knowledge and Belief Formation

Investor and Fidelity alum Peter Lynch is famed for "demystifying investing" by espousing the bedrock principle of "Investing In What You Know".  What could...

Market Masters: There is a Bubble in Opinions, Noise and Bubble...

by Howard Lindzon     Earlier this week, David Einhorn - the famous short-seller of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., said in a quarterly letter to clients...

Unwired: 3 Reasons NOT to Trade While Traveling

I recently returned from a two week trip to Southeastern Asia. It was the first trip I took where I was completely unwired from...

Interview With Greg B Davies, Head Of Barclays Behavioural Finance

I recently sat down with Greg B Davies, Managing Director at Barclays to discuss his team's innovative applications of Behavioral Finance. As Head of...

Real Life Trading Lessons: Rules vs Conviction

I have tried to share real life trading lessons in previous columns, and this week's entire Ukraine-Crimea-Russia quick roller-coaster provided for another entry in...

Investor Psychology: Focus On Consistency

As many readers are aware, I'm a big investor psychology guy. I believe that the more you understand your psychological make up and skills...

Low Volatility and Self-Destructing Market Biases

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their...

Apple-Microsoft Bull Market Comparisons: In Charts

Yes, we've heard and seen this before. No doubt, there are many Apple-Microsoft comparisons out there. But most have to do with a singular...

The Fed’s POMO Isn’t Really Driving Stocks Higher

"Don’t Fight the Fed" has become "The Fed won’t let stocks go down". Welcome to this market cycle’s "New Paradigm". Don't worry, bro: the...

Market Masters: Getting Past Investment ‘Regret’ and Counterfactual Thinking

By Darren Miller Regret is an ugly word. Regret leads to remorse which manifests itself as we sit and stew about the action (or inaction)...

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