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Before we touch on how a big industry shakeup on commissions might affect closing costs, let’s touch on the most important frequently asked question of all. How can I lower my closing costs? Closing costs aren’t set in stone, and with a little due diligence, you may be able to sh...
There are, broadly, two prevailing methods of stock-picking used by the professionals, and only one of them pays much attention to market psychology. Fundamental analysisseeks to choose winning stocks by analyzing the company's financials within the context of its industry. Market psychology has li...
Langberg, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist in the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology and director of the Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness. “ADHD in childhood is often characterized by high levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity,” he says. ...
That’s because I didn’t understand a very powerful aspect of male psychology called the ‘Hero’s Instinct’. Understanding this can mean the difference between him being physically attracted and emotionally OBSESSED with you. It’s a simple primal instinct that most men seem to have. Once ...
Work in psychology has found that people prefer simple explanations in some situations, while preferring complex explanations in certain domains. An open question remains: does the amount of information people want match the amount of information they need to make a decision? We find that presenting...
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky began to collaborate in the late 1960s and are considered by many to be the fathers of behavioral finance.Richard Thalerjoined them later and combined economics and finance with elements of psychology to develop concepts like mental accounting, the endowment effect,...
In a study, 94 percent of respondents identified themselves as having an above-average sense of humor, wrote Rod Martin inThe Psychology of Humor. It is a poignant reminder of the difficulty, perhaps even the impossibility, of being objective about one’s self or, for the purpose of this co...
Perhaps the most famous example of analysis paralysis in action is described in a report on a consumer psychology experiment known as the Jam Study. One day, market researchers stocked a market's shelves with 24 varieties of jam and invited shoppers to sample one or more and then choose one...
price of these securities, therefore, is dictated more by thepsychology and competing opinions of investorsthan it is by the stated value of the security at issuance. As such, the market value of a security, particularly a stock, is of far greater relevance than the par value or face value...