APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION

Thanks to the Internet, „high-quality” information is now easier and quicker to obtain than ever before. However, the Internet investing environment fosters overconfidence. As you acquire more information, your confidence in your ability to predict the future rises far faster than your true ability....

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Main Author: Mihail Dumitru SACALĂ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Romanian National Institute of Statistics 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Română de Statistică
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Online Access:http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2012/RRS09_2012_a7_en.pdf
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spelling doaj-050055f75f7a43308e6808d19fe3ad762020-11-24T20:59:37ZengRomanian National Institute of StatisticsRevista Română de Statistică1018-046X1844-76942012-10-0160098088APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATIONMihail Dumitru SACALĂThanks to the Internet, „high-quality” information is now easier and quicker to obtain than ever before. However, the Internet investing environment fosters overconfidence. As you acquire more information, your confidence in your ability to predict the future rises far faster than your true ability. Online investors have access to vast quantities of data, but information is not knowledge or wisdom. In fact, having loads of data gives you the illusion of knowledge and thus control. Ultimately, this data may give you a false confidence that you can pick stocks.http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2012/RRS09_2012_a7_en.pdfasset pricingBehavioral Financequalitative variablesinvestors
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APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
Revista Română de Statistică
asset pricing
Behavioral Finance
qualitative variables
investors
author_facet Mihail Dumitru SACALĂ
author_sort Mihail Dumitru SACALĂ
title APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
title_short APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
title_full APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
title_fullStr APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
title_full_unstemmed APPROACHES TO DATA ACQUISITION AND ON-LINE INFORMATION
title_sort approaches to data acquisition and on-line information
publisher Romanian National Institute of Statistics
series Revista Română de Statistică
issn 1018-046X
1844-7694
publishDate 2012-10-01
description Thanks to the Internet, „high-quality” information is now easier and quicker to obtain than ever before. However, the Internet investing environment fosters overconfidence. As you acquire more information, your confidence in your ability to predict the future rises far faster than your true ability. Online investors have access to vast quantities of data, but information is not knowledge or wisdom. In fact, having loads of data gives you the illusion of knowledge and thus control. Ultimately, this data may give you a false confidence that you can pick stocks.
topic asset pricing
Behavioral Finance
qualitative variables
investors
url http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2012/RRS09_2012_a7_en.pdf
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