| Description |
xxxiv, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Financial Management Association survey and synthesis series
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| Note |
Originally published: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Heuristic-driven bias -- Frame dependence -- Inefficient markets -- Trying to predict the market -- Sentimental journey : the illusion of validity -- Picking stocks to beat the market -- Bias reactions to earnings announcements -- "Get-evenitis" : riding losers too long -- Portfolios, pyramids, emotions, and biases -- Retirement savings : myopia and self-control -- Open-ended mutual funds : misframing, "hot hands," and obfuscation games -- Close-end funds : what drives discounts? -- Fixed income securities : the full measure of behavioral phenomena -- The money management industry : framing effects, style, "diversification," and regret -- Corporate takeovers and the winner's curse -- IPOs : initial underpricing, long-term underperformance, and "hot-issue" markets -- Optimism in analysts' earnings predictions and stock recommendations -- Options : how they're used, how they're priced, and how they reflect sentiment -- Commodity futures : orange juice and sentiment -- Excessive speculation in foreign exchange. |
| Subject |
Investments -- Psychological aspects.
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Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects.
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Finance -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
0195161211 (alk. paper) |
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