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From Booklist Do you fret over the value of your investments on a daily basis? Do youbuy stocks based on a "hunch" or a gut feeling? According to Zweig, thelatest scientific evidence shows that this common behavior usuallyresults in financial loss and is caused by the way our brain reactswhen we think about money. According to recent research in the emergingscience of "neuroeconomics," the pleasure center in the brain that isstimulated in anticipation of "the big payout" is the same area that isaffected during sex or drug use and is responsible for the addiction togambling. Our brains, which evolved more than 200,000 years ago toreact quickly to patterns and minute changes in our environment, arenot equipped to handle the randomness of the stock market; butnevertheless we attempt to create meaningful patterns where there arenone and base our investment decisions on erroneous assumptions. Thegood news is that awareness of this phenomenon can make us betterinvestors, and Zweig offers some simple tips to avoid the pitfalls,such as taking the long view and avoiding overtrading. Siegfried, David--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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