Quotation:
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct,
and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of
the herd...Bertrand Russell
The four major fears of traders and investors: fear of
losing, fear of missing out, fear of leaving money on the table and fear of
being wrong--are really some combination of fear and greed. The bottom line
here is that fear is the predator…..Janice Dorn, M.D., Ph.D.
The quotes above are extracted from the author’s article
about emotions in trading stocks. To simplify so that general folks can
understand better, I have filled in a chart of SEAGATE (the hard-disk drives manufacturer)
the 4 fears. Take a look at the chart below.
