The Fear Factor: What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street

By Colin Read

Book Overview

A fascinating discussion of the role played by fear in financial market panics. Professor Read demonstrates, in easy-to-understand terms, that rising market fear portends to major financial declines. He explains the science and the economics of fear and shows that the financial market has learned how to capitalize on investor or economic fear

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230228461
• ISBN13: 9780230228467
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"