Beyond greed and fear : understanding behavioral finance and the psychology of investing / Hersh Shefrin

Author:: Shefrin, Hersh, 1948-
Published:: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Physical Description:: xxxiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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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.

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ISBN:

0195161211 (alk. paper)

Note:

Originally published: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2000.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index.

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