Recent Commentaries tagged (psychology)
It Could Kill Ya!
I tell people all the time, "Don't trust me, verify me." Source: behaviorgap.com.
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Too Many Trend Followers? Not Happening
In case you're concerned that I will create a whole new generation of trend followers who will negatively affect the frequency, direction, and intensity of trends (as well as your ability to make money trading trends), forget it. Here are reasons why systematic trend following will continue to ex...
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Attitude: Mission Critical
The right attitude for trading success? Mission critical: Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety. True that.
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MarketMap 2012 Annual Outlook
"All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology. Without due recognition of crowd-thinking ... our theories of economics leave much to be desired. It has always seemed to me that the periodic madnesses which afflict mankind must reflect some deeply rooted trait in...
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So Are You Attached to the Nipple or Are You...
Below is one life path-attached to the nipple: A better option? Be a linchpin.
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If You Have to Be Right, Trouble Ahead
A line I caught at The Big Picture: "I confess, I think about the future. So do my colleagues. If someone who's spent decades investing doesn't have an opinion about what lies ahead, there's something wrong. I believe our clients want us to apply the benefit of our experience in gauging and react...
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The Investing World is Confusing? So What
From Wired: The world is a complicated place. Reality is dense with patterns, but these patterns are often subtle and inconsistent. We think we understand how things work -- X always causes Y -- but then Z happens. It's very confusing. Trend following doesn't try to understand. It doesn't care. T...
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