Investment Madness: How Psychology Affects Your Investing...And What To Do About It

WARNING: Allowing emotion to invade your investment decisions can be hazardous to your wealth.*Think about your investments more clearly*How overconfident investors trade too much, take too many risks, and earn lower returns*The investment impact of your self-image *Why avoiding feelings of regret now will cause you even greater regrets later*Yesterdays trade, todays emotions, tomorrows mistake*Placing your recent investment experiences in realistic perspective *The devil you know versus the devil you dont*Familiarity breeds investment - but not necessarily profit*Is your memory playing tricks with you?*Youre not alone. Well tell you what to do about it*Not all information is alike*Avoiding herd mentality: your chat room, your brother-in-law, and other temptations. Remember when dotcoms were going to end business as we know it?How your psychology reduces your profits and increases your risks-and what to do about it *Whyd you fall for that Internet stock?*Whyd you keep money in cash when it couldve earned far better returns elsewhere?*Why havent you fully funded your retirement plan when you know you should?*Why do you always seem to buy high and sell low?*Why does it look like ever