Why Do You Think They Call it Dope?

by david May 8, 2009 Commentary
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Since March 9th, we have been observers as the surging tide of Daddy Dopamine (and cousins serotonin,adrenaline, and testosterone) began to assert their primacy over Mr. Market. We sat patiently on the sidelines, keeping our powder dry, watching as walls of worry were climbed*. Along with everyone else, we wondered if dead cats would bounce, [...]

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Beyond Kahneman

by FD May 6, 2009 Commentary
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Behavioral schmehavioral. Prospect Theory is so 1970s.
We want to use the Neurofinance platform to dissect, debate, and discuss the role of the brain, decision theory, risk evaluation, value creation, and the cognitive biases that inform these, in the context of modern finance. Let’s exhume the works of Kahneman, Tversky, Dines and Rothschild, cull the hidden [...]

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