Inside the investor's brain : the power of mind over money / Richard L. Peterson.
By: Peterson, Richard L.
Series: Wiley trading series.Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2007Description: xxi, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780470067376 (hbk.).Subject(s): Investments -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 332.6019Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-367) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Introduction -- Foundations: the intersection of mind and money -- Markets on the mind: the challenge of finding an edge -- Brain basics: the building blocks -- Origins of mind: expectations, beliefs, and meaning -- Neurochemistry: this is your brain on drugs -- Feelings and finances -- Intuition: the power of listening to your gut -- Money emotions: clouding judgment -- Joy, hope, and greed: hooked on a feeling -- Overconfidence and hubris: too much of a good thing -- Anxiety, fear, and nervousness: how not to panic -- Stress and burn-out: short term pleasure, long term pain -- Love of risk: are you trading or gambling? -- Personality factors: what are great investors like? -- Thinking about money -- Making decisions: the effects of probability, ambiguity, and trust -- Framing your options: seeing the world in black and white -- Loss aversion: cutting losers short and letting winners run -- Time discounting: why we eat dessert first -- Herding: keeping up with the Jones? -- Charting and data mining: reading tea leaves -- Attention and memory: what's in a name? -- Age, sex, and culture: risk-taking around the world -- In practice -- Emotion management: a balancing act -- Change techniques: going deep -- Behavioral finance investing: playing the players -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.