Psychology of Investing (3rd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: John R. Nofsinger
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 22183
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0132302349
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6019
EAN: 9780132302340
ASIN: 0132302349
Publication Date: July 21, 2007
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Product Description
This book is the first of its kind to delve into the fascinating and important subject of the psychology affecting investments. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the reasons and causes of that behavior, why the behavior hurts their wealth, and what they can do about it. Chapter topics include overconfidence, fear of regret and seeking pride, considering the past, mental accounting, forming portfolios, representativeness and familiarity, social interaction and investing, mood and investing, and self control and decision making. anyone who wants to invest (either professionally or personally), as well as portfolio managers, fund managers, pension managers, financial advisers, brokers, financial planners, traders, financial analysts, and CPAs.
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Good overview of the literature of the field March 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nofsinger is a good although not exhaustive overview of the literature on behavioral finance. Used at universities but easy and fun to read. Recommended.
Good Overall February 18, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this book in a decent time period and the condition was great.
 Simple and best book about behavior finance January 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for my Behavioral Finance class and I have recommended this book to other investors and they loved it so much they bought their own book.
 Sometime psychologists confuse logic with emotions July 3, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The book is worth reading and studying for any serious investor. However, the researchers cited assume causality too much. For example, they assume that if an investor sells on gains and holds if a stock has gone down that the investor is afraid to admit defeat. That could be true, or the investor may have a deliberate strategy to "wait out" dips in price until s/he can sell at a gain. Or, the investor could have looked at earnings and business soundness and logically concluded that "Mr. Market" will recognize the higher value of the stock at some point, so why sell now? All of this depends on the strategy you're following, and what your rules of investing are.
Simple, straightforward, but good points July 25, 2005
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Kind of a basic look at behavioral finance. Easy too read, not very long (approx. 110 pgs). Overall a good introduction to the tendenecies people have when investing.
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