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aikifredicist

11/23/15 7:13 PM

#243518 RE: north40000 #243512

I assume that that was tongue-in-cheek.

oldberkeley

11/23/15 7:29 PM

#243521 RE: north40000 #243512

N.-

I'm about as far from a trained scientist as one can get. I have a lifelong interest in social psychology, have managed to learn just a bit about it, and I'm especially interested in investor psychology. That said, being human, I myself continue to make many mistakes.

If you're interested, Nofsinger's The Psychology of Investing is probably the classic of the field, and as far as insights into message boards (even though it was written in the 1950's!), Eric Hoffer's The True Believer is my personal favorite.

ps: I enjoy your thoughtful, well-reasoned and well-written posts, here and elsewhere.


-ob