Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2009

Market Psychology Explained

Funny read from Paul Krugman written in the late 90's as the S&P500 was ca 20% higher: "But suppose that, for whatever reason, the market goes up month after month; your MBA-honed intellect may say "Gosh, those P/Es look pretty unreasonable", but your prehistoric programming is shrieking "Me want mammoth meat!" - and those instincts are hard to deny."