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Behavioral finance, which analyzes the herd behavior of investors, offers fire and sword the theories used by most analysts and institutional managers. Although widely shunned in Quebec, it no less fueling the passions of one of its main standard-bearers,...

The index VIX volatility index is also called the index of "fear" has reached new heights in 2008 with a level 80 above the level of 40 reached in the summer of 2002. A VIX above 30 indicates that the market is primarily driven by the emotion stage of...

With the advent of Internet, investors have never been entitled to as many economic and financial information, accurate, well presented and peeled in every way. The information that is transmitted more quickly and more democratic, not least in terms of...

The minority shareholders of companies and Raymor Biosyntech saying cheated demonstrated Sunday outside the offices of the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) to denounce their view, its inability to protect investors. Stephen Robert, former President of...

Two professional basketball players of the same caliber compete in a contest shots to the basket. After three attempts, one scored three baskets in a row, while the other missed them all. Which of these two players will be most likely to succeed the next...

Why do investors choose the stock market rather than their region and country to invest? It is because the neurone "Harry Berry" International diversification is recommended as a source of risk reduction. Yet the majority of individual investors,...

The formation of the human brain since 11,000 years has facilitated the creation of scenarios too fast: a form of intellectual laziness. Investors are built fast prediction schemes on the basis of some given recent. It only takes a few accurate...

The stock market is a reflection of investor behavior. Behavior influenced by emotion first and then by reason. Stock selection rational basis gives better results when the VIX is below 30 In the long term, stock prices move in a straight line with...

A good buy signal The most interesting discovery of Fisher and Statman is that there is a causal relationship between the views of investors and market performance. More individual investors are optimistic about the future performance of the markets,...

You know the scene by heart. You take a beer with your brother for a barbecue and he can not help but talk about Nortel. He believed that the company was finally on track, and this is another tile falls on his head. The stock falls by 75% and your...