Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from It -- Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths
Legendary money manager Ken Fisher outlines the most common--and costly--mistakes investors make.Small cap stocks are best for all time. Bunk!A trade deficit is bad for markets. Bunk!Stocks can't rise on high unemployment. Bunk!Many investors think they are safest following widely accepted Wall Street wisdom--but much of Wall Street wisdom isn't so wise. In fact, it can be...more
ebook, 272 pages
Published
September 9th 2010
by John Wiley & Sons
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A collection of arguments against conventional stock market sayings, like sell in may, so goes January, Beta equals risk, P/E tells if a stock is cheap. Biggest takeaway is that stocks AVERAGE over time 10%. Volatility is to be expected, and volatility is both ways, (up and down). Additionally, behavioral finance theory states the losses hurt much more than gains for most investors called ‘Myopic loss aversion’. I tend to think the other way, lost profits hurt more than losing positions. Or at l...more
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