The value increases because that company should make more money now that it has cure for cancer. Stocks tend to discount the future. If the company will make...
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C. Robert Nelms
crnelms
Feb 23, 2006 8:59 pm
To all: Thank you for responding. Allow me to rephrase my question via the following scenario: Let's suppose I own a company and wish to move into a new...
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C. Robert Nelms
crnelms
Feb 23, 2006 8:59 pm
To all: Here's another way of asking the question. Let's say I have $100,000 sitting in a bank at 3.00% interest. I hate the thought of getting so little...
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Feb 23, 2006 5:13 pm
... The executives are bound by fiduciary duties to act in the best interest of the shareholders (and only the shareholders). Regards Martin...
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hokie1
Feb 23, 2006 4:23 pm
It also could be perceived as a "confirmation bias" in that a rising stock price may make the CEO feel as if s/he is doing their job. Of course, when the stock...
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hokie1
Feb 23, 2006 4:22 pm
It also could be perceived as a "confirmation bias" in that a rising stock price may make the CEO feel as if s/he is doing their job. Of course, when the stock...
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plato363@...
stockguy_01085
Feb 23, 2006 4:06 pm
It doesn't hurt that for many CEO's of public companies, that most of their compensation is in options that gain value with the rise in stock prices. ... From:...
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pgreenfinch
Feb 23, 2006 3:52 pm
Welcome, Bob ! Good question ! I think there is a pendulum phenomena. There was a time when they did not care much about shareholders. Now they seem to care a...
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Bob Nelms (INTJ-57)
crnelms
Feb 23, 2006 3:09 pm
To all: I am an investigator of accidents, explosions, and fires within large industrial facilities. Having done this for almost 30 years, it is frightening...
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sjtujooey
Feb 18, 2006 3:58 pm
=== Observation from the moderator : Please send such answers directly to the author of the query, not to the group, as said in our charter. Thanks. Peter === ...
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Tansu Tosun
tansu_tosun
Feb 17, 2006 12:34 pm
Hi friends; is there any Chinese friends that study in Chinese universities? I applicated the Chinese government's scholarships for Turkish researchers and if...
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Alessandro Cappellini
alessandroca...
Feb 14, 2006 3:07 pm
Dear all, in collaboration with AIFINC (the italian association of behavioral finance - http://www.finanzacomportamentale.it/) we developed a questionnaire on...
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Paulo De Leon
paulo_fwam
Feb 14, 2006 2:39 am
interesting topic....since bubbles and crashes have an opinion on the direction (Up & Down) they are difficult to define. I suggest take a look at volatility...
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pascal_pensa
Feb 13, 2006 5:17 pm
Dear Behavioral-Finance Subscribers, I'm a doctoral student at the University of Basel, Switzerland. As a side project to my dissertation, I am currently...
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Drew
thestockowl
Feb 11, 2006 11:22 pm
Rolf, The prison population in the U.S. is about 2 million. That number is too small to skew results. Plus, the methodology of determining the percent of ...
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Rolf Marvin Bøe L...
roffe17
Feb 11, 2006 9:21 pm
... it appears to have been brought to my attention that the US doesn't include the long-term imprisoned among the long-termed unemployed, and that skewes the...
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leif_ericssen
Feb 11, 2006 8:57 pm
I haven't looked closely at the US Record Trade Defecit (scary looking enough?) but I'm guessing that most of the increase is from higher oil prices. A...
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manny30
Feb 11, 2006 8:15 pm
Hello, I'd like to know the real effects of our (The USA) 725 billion dollar trade deficit. I keep hearing about this deficit growing. The first thing that...
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wilson wu
wilsonwxwu
Feb 11, 2006 6:29 am
I think that the following paper may be helpful to you. Overconfidence and Speculative Bubbles (Jose Scheinkman and Wei Xiong) Journal of Political Economy...
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Antonela Badea
emma_anto
Feb 11, 2006 6:09 am
Hello, First I want to say that I am pleased to have discovered such an animated forum on behavioral finance. I am currently trying to do some research...
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Bob Bronson
bobbronson2001
Feb 11, 2006 2:36 am
(Since the following gets broken up, I've attached a Word file with unbroken text.) As primarily money managers, we developed this forecasting formula to...
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leif_ericssen
Feb 10, 2006 7:14 pm
I think the monetary illusion is a myth of economists; people are not stupid, and are aware of their incomes and the prices they pay. I think this illusion...
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matthew
mwcampbell2
Feb 8, 2006 12:07 pm
Greetings all, I have enjoyed following the forum, as I try to find a topic for my mba thesis. I have a website where I am trying to convey information and...
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Montier, James
jamesmontier
Feb 6, 2006 1:21 pm
Dear all, Martin Sewell has kindly offered to host a couple of my recent papers. The seven sins of fund management can be found at: ...
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Montier, James
jamesmontier
Feb 6, 2006 1:18 pm
Dear all, Martin Sewell has very kindly offered to host a couple of my documents. The seven sins of fund management can be found at ... The information...
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pgreenfinch
Feb 6, 2006 8:25 am
Hello, dear members and visitors! Here comes our 69th month newsletter. Let us see how the group fared at the start of 2006. 1) Monthly stats Our total...
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Bryan D'Aguiar (G...
bryanaguiar
Feb 5, 2006 8:34 am
Hi, Both an interesting observation and question ! Perhaps I can share a few thoughts, do let me know your views. The P/E Ratio of a company reflects the price...
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pgreenfinch
Feb 4, 2006 4:54 pm
You heard the phrase "monetary illusion" describing the fact that people, when their income rises, sometimes forget to take into account the part of this rise...
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ststab111
Feb 2, 2006 8:40 am
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tabassum sultana
ststab111
Feb 2, 2006 8:39 am
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