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Author Shefrin, Hersh, 1948-

Title Beyond greed and fear : understanding behavioral finance and the psychology of investing / Hersh Shefrin
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 368 pages) : illustrations
Series Financial Management Association survey and synthesis series
Financial Management Association survey and synthesis series.
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
Summary Why do most financial decision-making models fail to factor in basic human nature? This guide to what really influences the decision-making process applies psychological research to stock selection, financial services and corporate financial strategy
Notes Originally published: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, ©2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index
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Subject Investments -- Psychological aspects
Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects
Finance -- Psychological aspects
Finance -- Psychological aspects
Investments -- Psychological aspects
Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects
Anlageverhalten
Börse
Kapitalanlage
Marktpsychologie
Beleggingen.
Investeringen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Investissements -- Aspect psychologique.
Finances -- Aspect psychologique.
Prise de décision.
Investisseur.
Bourse.
Finances.
Aspect psychologique.
Placement financier.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0195161211
9780195161212
9780198044390
0198044399
9780199832996
0199832994