analysis of decisions
bonds (see Bonds)
cash
conventional approaches to
currency prices and
foreign investments
mutual funds
rational thought and
real estate (see Real estate)
stocks (see Stock(s))
Treasury bonds (see Treasury bonds)
Invisible hand
IPO (initial public offering)
I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said (Berra)
Irons, William
Irrational Exuberance (Shiller)
J
Japanese economy
currency value
deflation
growth of
Japanese Nikkei
The Jetsons
Johnson, Ross
Jones, Paul Tudor
Jordan, Michael
Jordan Rules
Jubilee year
K
Kahneman, Daniel:
decision-making research
Heuristics and Biases
individual irrationality
loss aversion
United Nations experiment
Karate Kid (movie)
Keller, Mark
Kennedy, John F.
Keynes, John Maynard
Kidney transplantation
Kill the messenger tendency
King Kong
Korean War P.O.W.s
Krainer, John
Kumar, Subodh
!Kung San
L
Leahy, Dan
Lee, Richard
Leeson, Nick
Leno, Jay
Leverage
Linda-the-bank-teller question
Liu, Ken
Livermore, Jesse
Lizard brain(s):
ancestral traits
control of
defined
environment and
financial blind spot of
history of term
influence on behavior
interest rate overconfidence
patterns in random behavior
role in financial decisions
self-control issues
stubbornness
testosterone levels
Lo, Andrew
Loans: adjustable rate mortgages
default on
fixed-rate loans
housing loans
Loan shark(s)
Lombardi, Vince
Losers average losers
Loss aversion
Low-risk investments:
barriers to
as insurance
pain of
risk of
steps to
stress of
M
Macbeth
MacDonald, John
Macroeconomics (Mankiw)
Malkiel, Burton
Mandy (grandfather)
Mankiw, Gregory
“Man with the Golden Brain” (Daudet)
Margin calls
Market irrationality
bubbles and crashes (see Bubbles and crashes)
debate on
examples of
1987 stock market crash
profiting from
sentiment as predictor of future returns
Market(s):
communist markets
condition of
economic conditions and
efficient market hypothesis (see Efficient market hypothesis)
mean, defined
mean, profiting from
in other countries
rational
trends in
Market Wizards (Schwager)
Marx, Groucho
Mast-strapping
Mathematical calculations
McGraw, Phil
McGurk, Harry
McGurk effect
McManus, Tom
Mean Genes (Burnham and Phelan)
Mean market(s):
defined
profiting from
Medewar, Sir Peter
Melo, Fatima
Mental accounting
Mexican economy
Microsoft:
analysis of
growth of
price to earnings ratio (P/E)
value of dollar and
The Mind’s Past (Gazziniga)
Mini bar(s)
Minsky, Marvin
A Monetary History of the United States (Friedman and Schwarz)
Money. See also Dollar(s)
devaluation of
fiat money
government control of
inflation and supply of
mystery behind
storage options for
supply, growth of
Money forms:
cheese
fei
gold
paper
rice and grains
seashells
Money illusion
Monty Python cheese shop game
Mortgage debt. See also Loans
Motley Fool
Motorcycle purchase
Motorcycle ride through game park
Multiplication factor system
Mutual funds
N
NASDAQ
1987 stock market crash
Nixon, Richard
Nominal exchange rate
No-red zone system
Norfield, Tony
Nortel
Nuclear war
O
Object location memory
Odean, Terrance
The Odyssey
Opportunity cost
Oracle
Organ-swapping arrangements
Origin of Species (Darwin)
The Out-of-Towners (movie)
Overconfidence
P
The Paper Chase
Papua New Guinea
“The Past Explains the Present” (Tooby and Cosmides)
Patterns in random behavior
Paycheck security
P/E. See Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)
Personal debt
Personal savings rate
Pigeon experiment
Pitch Black (movie)
Poker
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Popper, Karl
Portfolio insurance
Prechter, Robert
Precious metal prices
Predictions, making
Prefrontal cortex
Pregnant women study
Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E):
Cisco
of houses or property
Microsoft
S&P 500
stocks
Treasury bonds
Probability problems
Productivity of U.S. companies:
business investment
consumer spending
economic growth
economic wealth
government debt and
growth of
idle capacity
purchasers of
Profet, Margie
Profitable investing
aggregate financial position
anticipating future events
in bonds
buy what is unloved
challenging conventional wisdom
conservative investment position
dollar-cost averaging
emotional intelligence (EQ)
emotional response control
financial reserve, maintaining a
ignoring information
key to
loss aversion
low-risk investments
mast-strapping
own a smaller house
plan, sticking to a
productivity and
real estate
red zone, don’t trade in
self-control issues
stocks
tips
trades, frequency of
Profit growth, limi
ts on
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
Psychohistory
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
Q
Queen Elizabeth Park (Uganda)
R
A Random Walk down Wall Street (Malkiel)
Rational market(s)
Reagan, Ronald
Reagan bonds
Real estate:
adjustable rate mortgages
buying behavior
comparative advantage
economic conditions and value of
fixed-rate loans
housing bubble
housing prices
inflation and
interest rates and
investment characteristics of
investment in
leverage
local conditions and
own a smaller house
P/E of houses or property
rental vacancy rate
return on
supply and demand
taxes and
win-win outcome
Real exchange rate
Red zone, don’t trade in
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Rental rate(s)
Rental vacancy rate
Repin, Dmitry
Retirement
Revealed preference
Ricardo, David
RJR Nabisco
Roth, Al
Rothschild, Nathan Meyer
Roulette wheel strategy
S
S&P 500
Safety deposit box
Samuelson, Paul
Sanfey, Alan
Saut, Jeffrey
Saving money:
government debt and
inflation effects on
interest rates and
personal savings rate
Savings bonds -series
Schwarz, Anna
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Science of irrationality. See also Individual irrationality
Seashells
Securities Act of 1934
Self-control issues
Self-examination, critical
Sentiment as predictor of future returns
Shakespeare in Love (movie)
Shiller, Robert
Siegel, Jeremy
Silverman, Irwin
Silver prices
The Simpsons
Simultaneous exchange
Skinner, B.F.
Slot machines
Smith, Adam
Smith, Vernon
bubbles and crashes
individual irrationality
supply and demand research
ultimatum game
Social isolation
Social security fund
Society of Mind (Minsky)
Socratic method
Soros, George
Spin control
Split-brain studies
Squirrel(s)
Stampede(s)
Stern, Howard
Stewart, Potter
Stimulus-response behavior
Stock price(s): corporate profits and
currency prices and
efficient market hypothesis
emotional mood swings
number of shares
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)
random component of
slowdown in
trends in
valuation, fairness of
Stock(s)
analysis of
as average investments
buying on margin
commodity price change protection
Fed model
financial risk of
inflation and
as inflation or deflation protection
investment characteristics of
investment in
love affair with
luck and
non-U.S. stocks
optimistic view of
performance in other countries
pessimistic view of
portfolio insurance
reasons to own
return on
sentiment as predictor of future returns
survivorship bias
tax deferment and
trades, frequency of
U.S. economy, compared to
win-win outcome
Stocks for the Long Run (Siegel)
Stubbornness
Subconscious, power of
Summers, Larry
Sun Microsystems
Superstitious pigeons
Supply and demand
Survivorship bias
analysis of
strong form of
weak form of
Swingers (movie)
T
A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Taxes:
bonds and
investment choices and
real estate and
social security taxes
stocks and
Tecumseh
Testosterone levels
Thaler, Richard
This Is Spinal Tap
Thurow, Lester
Tip(s)
TIPS (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities)
Tobias, Andrew
Tobin, James
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