This is one of the reasons why contrarian investing works...
"When people have limited information about something important -- a potential crisis in a building several stories high, a fire alarm that goes off in a crowded theater or a sudden drop in the stock market -- they use other people as guides to their own behavior. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/16/AR2007121601472.html
Bad Ideas Can be Contagious
by Shankar Vedantam
This blog is meant to capture the intersection of business, economics, politics, science, humanities, global culture, facts, figures, ideas, human nature, inventions, technology, health, food, sex...It is really an ode to life and the many things to think about and consider along the way.
Monday, December 17, 2007
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