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

Aug 4, 2009 - "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." ~ John Kenneth Source: Behavioural Finance: Insights into Irrational Minds and Markets. And this happens from time to time because of irrational exuberance; and that's just an aspect of capitalism. 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. €–Tvede Financial Economics Lecture 18: Behavioural Finance. "We have an In these lectures, we'll build on the insights of the Efficient and Adaptive Markets hypotheses, and have a go at puling them down at the same time. Apr 16, 2009 - We have an irrational tendency to be less willing to gamble with profits than with losses.. We base our predictions of the frequency of events or the proportion within a population based on how easily an example can be brought to mind. People changed their minds on "I agree with Nick" Clegg. Jan 30, 2012 - Eugene Fama of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of finance, the efficient market hypothesis, the current crisis, the economics of stimulus, and the role of empirical work in finance and economics. Apr 20, 2013 - Given the incredible volatility we've seen lately in the Bitcoin and gold markets, there has been a resurgence in discussion about bubbles. Aug 25, 2011 - Regardless of where you fall in the efficient markets vs behavioral finance debate, the insights of behavioral finance at the individual level are really important and can protect people from their own irrationality. What is the risk-return model you have in mind underlying the behavior of the prices in returns? Sep 7, 2011 - Masters of Nothing taps into modish fields of research, namely behavioural economics, to argue that the financial crash was the result of human irrationality: our misperception of risk, our tendency to favour evidence that confirms our existing biases, Since the advent of Thatcherism, Tories had not questioned the power of rational incentives to shape human behaviour; hence their implicit trust in the market. Dec 29, 2013 - Are you an active or a passive investor?