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By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:36:36 +0000

It seems like the post hoc problem lies largely in the fact that the media needs 24-7 content. They can’t sit around saying, “Well, we can’t tell you why the market is down. Come back in 20 years for in-depth analysis.” Unfortunately, many traders put a lot of faith in financial news, which compounds this fallacy by throwing in the bandwagon component. The short answer? Turn off MSNBC and do your own research.

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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:15:34 +0000

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By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:21:29 +0000

Thank you for writing this article. Very good information!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:17:15 +0000

With any luck the Fed will be raising rates soon. I’m not holding my breath, but hopefully they will at least avoid lowering them again. The credit markets seem to be stablizing somewhat so it would be hard to justify a rate cut at this point without completely abandoning Bernanke’s public “inflation hawk” stance.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:05:43 +0000

Great article. Financial markets are tiring to try to make sense of and exhausting to try to rationalize. It’s too bad the fed is devaluing the dollar, forcing me to invest is risky commodities, when I would rather keep it under my mattress or in a local bank.

By: Lise

Lise — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:10:23 +0000

Great article. I’m a sucker for anything which points out logical fallacies in the way we think about money. Money tends to be one of those areas where we think we’re rational creatures, but really we’re more moved by desire than we know.