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To: Jeff who wrote (9544)	10/6/2002 12:45:17 PM
From: orkrious	Respond to of 30712

great post, jeff

To: Jeff who wrote (9544)	10/6/2002 12:46:40 PM
From: exp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30712

Jeff, Justa, Ajtj: FYI: Another interesting book: Asset Pricing under Asymmetric Information: Bubbles, Crashes, Technical Analysis, and Herding search.barnesandnoble.com " ... models that demonstrate how asymmetric information affects asset prices and traders' information, which provide a theoretical explanation for technical analysis and illustrate why some investors "chase the trend." The reader is then introduced to herding models and informational cascades, which can arise in a setting where agents' decision-making is sequential. The insights derived from herding models are used to provide rational explanations for stock market crashes ... " Comment: Jeff, math/finance types are also trying to figure out what's going on here ...

To: Jeff who wrote (9544)	10/6/2002 1:13:19 PM
From: pogbull	Respond to of 30712

that type thinking lead to the huge bubble as folks just kept piling in because everybody was doing it....it was the "in" thing to do......if you weren't in the market buying...you were stupid and missing out.... Sounds like the real estate market right now...