The Mind and the Stock Market: A Primer for a Beginning Investor

by Stephen H. Archer

Overview

Synopsis: Stan Anderson, age 35, and his wife Suzie, were shocked by the presidential election results of November 2016.

They had already decided that they could not rely strictly on Social Security for their retirement, and after an initial dip, the stock market recovered and raced upward. The couple agreed they needed to buy stocks right away, or else they'd be left behind as prices advanced.

Instead of making a rational and objective decision, their emotional minds had taken over their investment decision, which is usually the road to ruin.

Autobiography: Stephen H. Archer, one of the world's prominent economists, explores how the stock market works and how to stay away from making emotional investment decisions in The Mind and the Stock Market.

He explains why it's wise to diversify investments and argues that it's wise to consider allocating some money to corporate bonds, government debt, commodities, real estate, coins, insurance, currencies, the arts, and precious metals.

From the stock market, initial public offerings, stock futures, stock options, retirement accounts, inflation, economic indicators and more, this primer for beginning investors is essential reading for anyone who wants to make wiser decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798895310083
Publisher:	Writers Branding LLC
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Stephen Archer spent several years in the securities industry in Minneapolis and Seattle. He has also participated in seminars on Wall Street. But he was also a survivor of forty years of academic life, during which he authored many college finance textbooks, including Portfolio Analysis with Jack Francis. He received a BA and MA in economics and a PhD in finance from the University of Minnesota. He is a past president of the Financial Management Association and treasurer of the American Institute of Decision Sciences. He was named Professional of the Year in Higher Education in 2011. He was founder of the finance department at the University of Washington, founder of the internationally recognized Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and founder of the generic MBA program at Willamette University. He is a retired Certified Financial Planner, and his many published papers include studies on the earnings-dividend relationship, inflation's impact on stock values, and diversification for risk reduction in portfolios. He has lectured in Canada, Italy, England, Switzerland, and Japan. He was a Fulbright Scholar and a postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow at UCLA in mathematics and statistics.