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Showing posts with label loss averse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loss averse. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 January 2017

Asymmetric Loss Aversion

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The pain of a loss is far greater than the enjoyment of a gain. Many experiments have demonstrated that people need twice as much positi...
Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Rational thinking about Irrational pricing. For the most acutely loss-averse investors, pure value investing is most suitable.

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1.  Depressed investors cause depressed stock market prices. 2.  Selling pressure mounts and drives prices down. 3.  Investors possessin...
Friday, 21 September 2012

Stung by Losses, Main Street Investors Fail to Notice Market's Rebound

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By Karen Weise on September 19, 2012 Although the memory of Lehman Brothers’ 2008 collapse may be fading on Wall Street, the shock...
Saturday, 26 May 2012

Loss Aversion: The Shortsightedness of “Playing Not to Lose”

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We experience the pain of a loss much more acutely than we experience the pleasure of a gain. One result is that we overreact to price in...

Loss Aversion

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"losses loom larger than corresponding gains" "In prospect theory, loss aversion refers to the tendency for people to st...

The Psychology Of Loss Aversion (And How It Applies To Venture Capital)

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Rob Go | August 17, 2010 I’ve been reading the book  “The Black Swan”  recently on the recommendation of my two partners.  I h...
Friday, 10 February 2012

Risk avoidance is the single most important element of an investment program

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Another common belief is that risk avoidance is incompatible with investment success. This view holds that high return is attainable only b...
Friday, 14 October 2011

The Law of Investing

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This is one of the most important of all the laws of money. The Law of Investing  – investigate before you invest. This is one of the m...
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Loss Aversion versus Risk Aversion

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http://www.ppfas.com/media/articles/how-the-wish.pdf "It makes sense to ride the winners and sell the losers, but loss aversion makes p...
Thursday, 2 April 2009

Why investors behave the way they do

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Why investors behave the way they do Published: 2009/04/01 Learning from other market players’ mistakes; analysing how and what they think, ...
Friday, 16 January 2009

Rational Thinking about Irrational Pricing

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RATIONAL THINKING ABOUT IRRATIONAL PRICING Depressed investors caused depressed stock market prices. Selling pressure mounts and drives pri...