Beyond Greed and Fear: Finance and the Psychology of Investing

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Short Term Traders Need to Know Candle Sticks

as a short term trader it is important that you understand what candlestick patterns mean and how to react to them. No better book to learn about them than this one.

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sosadeville

11/24/2013

Amazing book and writer

Learned more than i thought I would, very informal book , a must have for readers!

10/31/2011

Behaviour

This book builds on the current literature in Behavioral Finance and reviews the most relevant academic articles. It is interesting for the researcher in empirical finance and the best book to understand the behavior of individual investors.

09/30/2011

A good Overview of the Subject

"Mr. Sherfin has written an entertaining, yet scholarly overview of the subject. It is pitched at the practitioner rather than the layman, so anyone wanting detailed financial planning advice or quick fire trading ideas is going to be disappointed. What you do get however is a fascinating insight in Read more...

01/21/2011

Dry

Boring

10/04/2010

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INVESTING

"I Recommend this book to depth the knowlegment in the psychology in the trading. Probably is weighted but leave important messages."

09/24/2010

very interesting

topics are extremely varied. Good to get a general idea of the topics but kinda wish the topics were a little more focused or there were more examples. But it was good nonetheless.

07/06/2010

wish it wasn't so accurate

You may read this book and find it described you and your trading style a little too closely. I know i did. Took away a lot from it.

Luke11

05/12/2010

Try it!!

This book is intense and really describes the psychological traps than many investors including me tend to make. Very educational and practical. This has improved my trading substantially. Try it!!

ankitpatel

05/12/2010

Another Great Book On Trading Psychology

Shefrin does an great job explaining how to control greed and fear from in your investments. Over 90% of traders lose money because they are greedy. Help urself and read this one!

angelajk

05/10/2010

Is he talking about me?

Boy, this book really hits home.... the psychology described in this book.... I can really relate to. But this a great learning opportunity, so much of trading is psychology and it this kind of psychology separates the successful and unsuccessful traders. (Its not so much knowledge of patterns, Read more...