The psychology of risk : mastering market uncertainty / Ari Kiev.

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Kiev, Ari

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TextPublication details: New York : Wiley, c2002.Description: xi, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0471403873

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DDC classification:

332.6/01/9 21

Contents:

The Psychology of Risk Mastering Market Uncertainty; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART ONE THE ESSENTIALS OF RISK TAKING; Chapter One: Defining Risk; Chapter Two: Understanding the Approach; PART TWO THE PROBLEMS OF RISK; Chapter Three: Handling Your Emotions; Chapter Four: Learning to Let Go; PART THREE THE PERSONALITIES OF RISK; Chapter Five: Profiling Passive Traders; Chapter Six: Profiling the High-Risk Trader; Chapter Seven: Recognizing the Master Trader; PART FOUR THE PRACTICE OF RISK TAKING; Chapter Eight: Increasing Your Risk.

Summary: One of the financial world's most respected experts on the psychology of risk provides a revolutionary risk management model. Over the past three decades investors have adopted all varieties of complex quantitative systems for quantifying and managing risk. Yet, sophisticated investors and money managers continue to suffer record losses in today's increasingly volatile markets. This book bridges the gap between investor psychology and quantitative risk management with a revolutionary risk management program that virtually any trader or investor can easily adapt to their goals and personalities.

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One of the financial world's most respected experts on the psychology of risk provides a revolutionary risk management model. Over the past three decades investors have adopted all varieties of complex quantitative systems for quantifying and managing risk. Yet, sophisticated investors and money managers continue to suffer record losses in today's increasingly volatile markets. This book bridges the gap between investor psychology and quantitative risk management with a revolutionary risk management program that virtually any trader or investor can easily adapt to their goals and personalities.