Intelligent Investing in Irrational Markets

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Emotions and Intelligence in Investing

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3. Rule 1: Don’t Pay Others to Lose Your Money

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4. Rule 2: Have a Financial Plan

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5. Rule 3: Know Which Assets to Buy and Sell

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6. Rule 4: Know Which Stocks to Buy and Sell

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7. Rule 5: Stay Focused

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8. Rule 6: Maintain an Intelligent State of Mind

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9. Epilogue

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10. Back Matter

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As a game of economics, investing involves the basic principles of economics that help investors identify financial goals and constraints, and come up with the right asset and portfolio allocation. Mourdoukoutas outlines the rules for investing in irrational markets successfully.

• investment
• Portfolio
• success
• investments and securities
• banking

• Department of Economics, LIU Post, New York, USA

  Panos Mourdoukoutas

Panos Mourdoukoutas is Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at Long Island University in Brookville, NY. He is a Forbes Columnist and author of several articles published in professional journals and magazines, including European Management Review, Management International Review, Barron's, The New York Times, Japan Times, Newsday, Plain Dealer, and Edge Singapore. He has also published several books, including The Economic Foundations of Intelligent Investing and Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy.

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