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How emotions move prices

Use ideas from psychology as possible explanations, without claiming every trader behaves the same way.

Module 2 of 26, Why prices move, and why beating the market is hard. Lesson 2 of 6, about 18 minutes.

The takeaway

Describe behaviour exactly, then measure it in the people and time period you care about.

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