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Making Your Money Back: Similarities between the Tech Bubble and the Housing...
This post is a summary of a private discussion I’ve had with reader Josh regarding my post on spotting investment bubbles. He asks: When could I reasonably expect my Atlanta condo to be worth what it...
View ArticleBrooksley Born’s story: Fighting Wall Street, Rubin & Greenspan was a Bad...
If you’ve never heard of Brooksley Born, you’re not alone. I followed the markets fairly closely in the late 1990s while this political battle over regulating the derivatives market was underway, and I...
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Some Tech Bubble Stocks Finally Breaking Even after a 10 Year Wait
This week, Amazon.com released a great earnings report that propelled the most well known “internet stock” to a new all time high. As a person who experienced the internet stock bubble firsthand,...
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The Psychology of Bubbles: Using Hindsight to Examine Why We Bought into the...
I’ve been pounding the table pretty hard on investment bubbles lately. Probably because in the last decade, I’ve experienced more popped bubbles than I care to remember. Or perhaps it’s that I’m...
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Investor Psychology: Your Brain is Hardwired to ‘Follow the Herd’
If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so difficult to ignore peer pressure and why you feel anxiety when expressing a differing opinion from the herd, you might want to blame Ardi and the rest of your...
View ArticleThe Bubble Decade Documentary
Perhaps nothing encompasses the roller coaster ride that was the 2000 to 2009 decade better than David Faber’s The Bubble Decade. If you haven’t seen it, set 45 minutes aside and take a look back at...
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Knowing When ‘Not to Buy’ is Just as Imporant as Knowing When to Buy
If you’re curious why I take most investment advice and the majority of news/analysis from mainstream financial media with a grain of salt, this chart might answer your doubts. (Note: Y axis is percent...
View ArticleSorry Stockpickers: Market Psychology Trumps Fundamentals
One of the major themes that retail investors seem to miss, but seasoned investors/traders understand, is that that market psychology almost always trumps fundamentals. In other words, your research...
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