A large part of the economic crisis is due to our emotional immaturity when it comes to stock trading. We tend to follow the herd without reasoning for our own...
Well, Sajid, seems to me that emotion and herding exist not only when markets lose confidence, but also when they are "exuberant". I don't know if stocks can...
... There is no need to introduce concepts like 'emotional intelligence' and 'brain power'. Communication stemming from gossip can lead to information...
Is it? I'm not so sure. I think it's mostly due to the way in which humans react in uncertain environments with limited information. From an economics...
Here is a current read along those lines- http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={2CA79B23-E437-40D\ 3-A3F6-CFBF9214B924}&siteid=mktw ...
... It is men, not women, who are motivated to seek status, and money is a proxy for status. Men are also more prone to risk-taking behaviour than women. ...
I know of two women who had their securities licenses revoked for violating the securities laws and are barred from going back into the securities business. ...
Hi there, First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for this group. I have had interesting information via emails which had helped in my learning...
Yes, a form of herding, peer pressure... Another thing is that analysts have to show optimism about the corporation they analyse. If not, in retorsion, they...
I'm just wondering after seeing the new poll.. what took so long for the stock market to crash after subprime crisis? The subprime crisis started in July 2007,...
 dianashu61>>Particularly, do you guys think the market price now represent the fundamental value? Or it's just temperory and will bounce back? ... This...
I don't think any model will be capable of describing the current conditions. Personally, I think that we are heading for a bigger slide (<3000 for FTSE100 in...
Although the current crash of major stock markets may be attributed to the problem of sub-prime mortgage issue, one of major the key events that triggered the...
... What do you mean herding-behaviour models such as agent-based theory or Kalman Filter ? They are completely different things, why do they can provide any...
Sorry Jim, I didn't clarify well enough. An interesting paper in speculative bubbles and crashes using the interactive agent-based model of speculation is that...
Panagiotis: Interesting, it seems that you are very knowledgable in this area. Taisei Kaizoji, Physica A, 287 (2000) ? Is it a physics magazine ? Jim ... From:...
Hi, dear members and visitors! Here is your 107th month newsletter. 1) Monthly activity As some bugs has affected yahoogroups bouncing system, I'm not too...
I often remember my professor of basic economics who spoke so stongly about the relationship of price and demand, a rule uber-alles eventually controlling the...
I am a student from Madras Christian College in Chennai, India and I am writing a Master Project in Finance. My research deals with behavioral aspects of stock...
Hi Peter: I enjoy many of the discussions in this group as well as your digest which is running its 107th issue. I am surprised that the group is accepting...
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Hi, what type of sentiment data are you looking for? Perhaps you should try sentix: http://www.sentix.de . It is also available via Bloomberg. Greets Ulf From:...
Hi Peter, I think, if you are right, then analyst estimates are worthless or a good contrarian indicator, because if you look at todays bottom up earnings...
Thanks, it seems that almost all the contents of the website are in German, (even contents in its English version are most in German). Are you aware of any...