The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Praise for The Little Book Of Behavioral Investing

"The Little Book of Behavioral Investing is an important book for anyone who is interested in understanding the ways that human nature and financial markets interact."
Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University, and author of Predictably Irrational

"In investing, success means being on the right side of most trades. No book provides a better starting point toward that goal than this one."
Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School

"'Know thyself.' Overcoming human instinct is ...

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Overview

Praise for The Little Book Of Behavioral Investing

"The Little Book of Behavioral Investing is an important book for anyone who is interested in understanding the ways that human nature and financial markets interact."
Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University, and author of Predictably Irrational

"In investing, success means being on the right side of most trades. No book provides a better starting point toward that goal than this one."
Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School

"'Know thyself.' Overcoming human instinct is key to becoming a better investor. You would be irrational if you did not read this book."
Edward Bonham-Carter, Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer, Jupiter Asset Management

"There is not an investor anywhere who wouldn't profit from reading this book."
Jeff Hochman, Director of Technical Strategy, Fidelity Investment Services Limited

"James Montier gives us a very accessible version of why we as investors are so predictably irrational, and a guide to help us channel our 'Inner Spock' to make better investment decisions. Bravo!"
John Mauldin, President, Millennium Wave Investments

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470712030
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/30/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 236
  • Sales rank: 244,222
  • Series: Little Books, Big Profits (UK) Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.23 (w) x 5.40 (h) x 0.89 (d)
  • File size: 398 KB

Meet the Author

James Montier is a member of GMO's asset allocation team. Prior to that, he was the co-Head of Global Strategy at Société Générale and has been the top-rated strategist in the annual Thomson Extel survey for most of the last decade. Montier is the author of three market-leading books, Behavioral Finance: Insights into Irrational Minds and Markets, Behavioral Investing: A Practitioners Guide to Applying Behavioral Finance, and Value Investing: Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Investment. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Durham and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Montier has been described as a maverick, an iconoclast, and an enfant terrible by the press.

Table of Contents

Foreword.

Introduction: This Is a Book About You.

Chapter One: In the Heat of the Moment.

Chapter Two: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Market?

Chapter Three: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

Chapter Four: Why Does Anyone Listen to These Guys?

Chapter Five: The Folly of Forecasting.

Chapter Six: Information Overload.

Chapter Seven: Turn off That Bubblevision!

Chapter Eight: See No Evil, Hear No Evil.

Chapter Nine: In the Land of the Perma-Bear and the Perma-Bull.

Chapter Ten: The Siren Song of Stories.

Chapter Eleven: This Time Is Different.

Chapter Twelve: Right for the Wrong Reason, or Wrong for the Right Reason.

Chapter Thirteen: The Perils of ADHD Investing.

Chapter Fourteen: Inside the Mind of a Lemming.

Chapter Fifteen: You Gotta Know When to Fold Them.

Chapter Sixteen: Process, Process, Process.

Conclusion: The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions.

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