There are two recent TED talks that I would like to draw attention to. I believe that this is type of thinking will be very necessary in the future. Enjoy!
Peter Thiel is a smart man. He recently paid 24 top young minds not to go to college.
Normally, the idea of going to college is a young person’s dream as it…
Are we in the midst of a social media bubble similar to the tech bubble of the late 90s? The answer is no. Not yet anyway.
What characterizes a bubble? Be it the housing…
When using a technical method like double tops, it is important to understand the investor mentality that lies behind the chart pattern. Simply trading on a pattern (the how) is more effective…
Yahoo posted an interview today with Peter Schiff, a former U.S. Senator candidate. In it he makes several points, one of which was his desire to completely remove corporate and income taxes. Instead, tax consumption or create a consumption tax claiming…
Over the last 2+ years, companies have been stockpiling cash. In an uncertain economy companies are trying to avoid extreme expenditures. Lending requirements are tight which mean short and long term financing are restricted. All of these factors are leading to record cash levels….
In Part 1 we discussed the potential of social media sites to shed light on the study of behvioral finance.
There have already been some attempts at using social media sites to try and predict the stock market….
I have been extremely interested in behavioral finance for some time. I believe it is the next step into better understanding our financial system and economy. We have tried rigid mathematical equations, yet those fail to capture the complexity of human emotions and actions….
