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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824852503321

Autore

Peterson Richard L. <1972->

Titolo

MarketPsych : how to manage fear and build your investor identity / / Richard L. Peterson, Frank F. Murtha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75626-5

9786612756269

0-470-88664-1

1-118-26787-7

0-470-88677-3

0-470-88676-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance

THEi Wiley ebooks

Altri autori (Persone)

MurthaFrank F. <1970->

Disciplina

332.601/9

Soggetti

Investment advisors - Psychology

Investments - Psychological aspects

Stockbrokers - Psychology

Financial planners - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

MarketPsych: How to Manage Fear and Build Your Investor Identity; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Your Investor Identity: And Why You Need One; Chapter 2: Investor Identity Fundamentals: Frames, Motivations, and Goals; Chapter 3: Your Investor Personality: Your Character and Style; Chapter 4: Your Investor Emotions: The Hidden Drivers of Behavior; Chapter 5: Your Investor Values: What's Most Important to You?; Chapter 6: Your Investor Blind Spots: Identifying (and Avoiding) Mental Traps; Chapter 7: Your Investor Stress: Smoothing Out the Ups and Downs

Chapter 8: Being Your Best SelfAppendix A: Chapter 9: Summary of Meditation Techniques; Appendix B: Gratitude List; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most



important) aspect of successful investing - yourself. Why is it that the investing performance of so many smart people reliably and predictably falls short? The answer is not that they know too little about the markets. In fact, they know too little about themselves. Combining the latest findings from the academic fields of behavioral finance and experimental psychology with the down-and-dirty real-world wisdom of successful investors, Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha guide both new and experienced investor