Not exact matches
There is a lot of
fear and greed, but that aside there is a redefining the concept of value in the virtual world
with new mechanisms for value exchange.»
As the markets move up
and down, there will always be people around you consumed
with either
fear or
greed.
Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection
with the purchase
and sale of stocks.»
Along
with fear,
greed,
and regret, hope is one of the four most dangerous emotions that can destroy your ability to reap consistent trading profits.
The CNN
Fear & Greed Index monitors seven market factors, including stock price momentum, stock price strength, stock price breadth, put and call options, junk bond demand, market volatility and safe haven demand, by calculating how far they have veered from their averages relative to how far they normally veer, on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 indicating fear and 100 gr
Fear &
Greed Index monitors seven market factors, including stock price momentum, stock price strength, stock price breadth, put
and call options, junk bond demand, market volatility
and safe haven demand, by calculating how far they have veered from their averages relative to how far they normally veer, on a scale of 0 to 100,
with 0 indicating
fear and 100 gr
fear and 100
greed.
Bubbles inflate
with greed and deflate
with fear; whether the mechanism by which
fear and greed are expressed is active or passive is a secondary issue.
Visualized, these stock markets may take the shape of a turbulent ocean
with waves made of human hopes, dreams,
greed and fear.
David Hume also argued for the positive social value of commerce based on the profit motive, although he
feared unadulterated
greed and thought that in commerce it was mixed
with other motives.
It is
with real regret that they see the vision
and ideal daily destroyed by man's
greed, inhumanity
and fear.
The plots
and subplots sweep you into a whirlwind tale filled
with heroes, villains, war,
greed, manipulation, deceit, betrayal,
fear, laughter, separation,
and hope - just to name a few of its many elements.
What really matters is to curse this «
greed or
fear»
and I bet you won't be disagree
with Nial.
I've written extensively about how mindfulness can help us deal
with unproductive emotions like worry,
fear,
and greed while implementing our investing plans
and our personal finances in general.
The future can not be predicted because it does not exist yet
and there are endless variables that will play into how prices play out due to news, buyers
and sellers motives, along
with mass
fear and greed.
Rather, it tries to get the investor in touch
with himself, so that he can react rational
and to invest situations rather than out of
fear or
greed.
In my one on one trading sessions
with traders, two recurring themes become evident -
FEAR and GREED.
In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting
and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion
and entering into stock trading
with unrealistic expectations about the learning time
and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works
and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough
and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge
and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing
and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions
and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan
and risk management rules • Getting emotional (
fear,
greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing
and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture,
and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it
and going against the trend instead of following it
The unique Ein55 investing styles
with market optimism strategy is introduced to quantitatively measure the
greed and fear of traders
and investors, enable us to act abnormally at the right time to be the minority who could make tremendous profits from the majority.
Now, beyond that, Lowenstein delivers the attitudes of LTCM
and Wall Street,
with all of the
fear and greed.
Rather than responding coolly
and rationally to market fluctuations, they respond emotionally
with greed and fear.
For example: How do they perform under pressure,
and how do they deal
with the pernicious impact (s) of
fear &
greed?
You had to give up the concept of rationality of financial actors in the classical sense,
and replace them
with actors that are limitedly rational,
and are prone to
fear and greed.
These help to eliminate
fear,
greed and the constant screen watching associated
with many systems.
In short, the demo account provides beginner traders
with the necessary experience to help them learn how to limit their trading losses as well as to learn how to control their
fears and greed.
A plan is worthless if not followed through
and when emotions like
fear, or even
greed interfere
with an investment strategy, then you are better off dropping your fortune on the roulette table in Vegas.
That kind of mentality will lead to a bubble, when
fear is removed
and is being replaced
with the
fear of missing the upside, i.e.
greed.
With a New Year upon us, it's time to ignore the noise,
and focus on trying to conquer our
fear &
greed.
If you don't have skill, far better to buy
and hold,
with a moderate asset allocation to stocks, thus moderating volatility,
and moderating
fear and greed in the process.
When you're dealing
with large sums of money, say borrowing money from a broker to invest in forex, it's easy to become the victim of
fear or
greed because all you have to do to enter a market is meet an initial margin requirement to build up your trade
and control a large amount of money.
To do this, I had to undergo a big mental adjustment
and become very disciplined not dissimilar to dealing
with issues of
fear and greed.
Attendees will learn how to take
fear and greed out of their psychology
and replace it
with discipline by well thought out high probability trading.
* Contains sound investment advice
and simple principles of investing from two of the most respected individuals in the investment world * Burton G. Malkiel is the bestselling author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street
and Charles D. Ellis is the bestselling author of Winning the Loser's Game * Shows how to deal
with an investor's own worst enemies:
fear and greed
That's just a small illustration of everything that's wrong
with the financial media (& so many of its devotees): Obsessing over short - term investment horizons & performance, masking & mistaking ignorance
with confidence, being ruled by
fear &
greed, running
with the herd chasing hot new fads & stocks,
and always always looking for the slick salesman, the shortcut, the sure thing...
Visualized these stock markets may take the shape of a turbulent ocean
with waves made of human hope,
greed,
and fear.
Instead, the prospect of legislation ignites silly, romantic libertarian resistance to rule of law combined
with old - fashioned
greed and fear of loss of material wealth.
Stability brings
with it economic growth
and reduced scope for
fear and greed.