Buying the Same Stock - Again: Pride and Regret Drive Investors' Decisions
How likely are you to repurchase a stock you sold? Professor Terrance Odean, who studies behavioral finance at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, found that that trading patterns involving previously owned stock are driven by a desire to avoid or at least limit anticipated regret. In other words, investors are likely to repurchase a stock if the sale boosts ...
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Executive decisions
Two top executives at News Corp. resigned yesterday amid accusations of phone hacking by reporters at the company's recently shuttered News of the World. Les Hinton, who headed the company's British...
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Congress' decisions on debt and deficit could create havoc locally
Candidates for governor pay attention: The debt-limit fight could send us scrambling for new answers to how to finance and conduct state business. Here's a primer on how dependent we are on federal...
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Eurozone delays decision on new Greek bailout
• Eurozone finance ministers scrap planned meeting in Brussels on Sunday • Denmark pledges to clean up banking sector and consider guarantees for foreign lenders, Eurozone finance ministers have...
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Retail Sector Attracts Investors' Interests
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Sector Index Fund (IYC) where...
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No decision yet on India's preferred IMF chief: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government has not yet arrived at a decision regarding its choice for the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
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China seen buying Portugal bailout bonds: report
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- China is interested in buying Portuguese bailout bonds when the European Financial Stability Facility starts auctioning the securities next month, the Financial Times newspaper...
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PMEAC for early decision on freeing of diesel prices
The EGoM headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to take a decision on raising prices of petroleum products next week.
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Car Buying Tips from Ryan Cash, Manager of Consumer Loan Operations at Logix
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NJ Court Decision: Dharun Ravi, Guilty of Sexual Intimidation
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Supreme Court Decision: US Corporations sued for Abuses they Support Overseas?!
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60 Second Mortgage Tip: Buying a Fixer Upper with the FHA 203k
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Buying an Ambulance For Sale? Ambulance Financing Made Simple. Before Buying an Ambulance Used
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3 Steps To Great Ambulance Financing and Buying! 972-743-5540 New or Used Ambulances For Sale?