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It'll blow you away
This is a book about behavioral finance. It goes into all of the biases people (especially traders and investors) have. If you have ever dealt with emotion and your finances, you will read this book, Read more...
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Learned more than i thought I would, very informal book , a must have for readers!
This book builds on the current literature in Behavioral Finance and reviews the most relevant academic articles. It is interesting for the researcher in empirical finance and the best book to understand the behavior of individual investors.
"Mr. Sherfin has written an entertaining, yet scholarly overview of the subject. It is pitched at the practitioner rather than the layman, so anyone wanting detailed financial planning advice or quick fire trading ideas is going to be disappointed. What you do get however is a fascinating insight in Read more...
"I Recommend this book to depth the knowlegment in the psychology in the trading. Probably is weighted but leave important messages."
topics are extremely varied. Good to get a general idea of the topics but kinda wish the topics were a little more focused or there were more examples. But it was good nonetheless.
You may read this book and find it described you and your trading style a little too closely. I know i did. Took away a lot from it.
This book is intense and really describes the psychological traps than many investors including me tend to make. Very educational and practical. This has improved my trading substantially. Try it!!
Shefrin does an great job explaining how to control greed and fear from in your investments. Over 90% of traders lose money because they are greedy. Help urself and read this one!
Boy, this book really hits home.... the psychology described in this book.... I can really relate to. But this a great learning opportunity, so much of trading is psychology and it this kind of psychology separates the successful and unsuccessful traders. (Its not so much knowledge of patterns, Read more...
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