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1、Chapter12-BehavioralFinanceandTechnicalAnalysisCHAPTER12:BEHAVIORALFINANCEANDTECHNICALANALYSISPROBLEMSETS1.Technicalanalysiscangenerallybeviewedasasearchfortrendsorpatternsinmarketprices.Technicalanalyststendtoviewthesetrendsasmomentum,orgradualadjustmentsto‘correct’price
2、s,or,alternatively,reversalsoftrends.Anumberofthebehavioralbiasesdiscussedinthechaptermightcontributetosuchtrendsandpatterns.Forexample,aconservatismbiasmightcontributetoatrendinpricesasinvestorsgraduallytakenewinformationintoaccount,resultingingradualadjustmentofpricesto
3、wardstheirfundamentalvalues.Anotherexamplederivesfromtheconceptofrepresentativeness,whichleadsinvestorstoinappropriatelyconclude,onthebasisofasmallsampleofdata,thatapatternhasbeenestablishedthatwillcontinuewellintothefuture.Wheninvestorssubsequentlybecomeawareofthefacttha
4、tpriceshaveoverreacted,correctionsreversetheinitialerroneoustrend.2.Evenifmanyinvestorsexhibitbehavioralbiases,securitypricesmightstillbesetefficientlyiftheactionsofarbitrageursmovepricestotheirintrinsicvalues.Arbitrageurswhoobservemispricinginthesecuritiesmarketswouldbuy
5、underpricedsecurities(orpossiblysellshortoverpricedsecurities)inordertoprofitfromtheanticipatedsubsequentchangesaspricesmovetotheirintrinsicvalues.Consequently,securitiespriceswouldstillexhibitthecharacteristicsofanefficientmarket.3.Oneofthemajorfactorslimitingtheabilityo
6、frationalinvestorstotakeadvantageofany‘pricingerrors’thatresultfromtheactionsofbehavioralinvestorsisthefactthatamispricingcangetworseovertime.AnexampleofthisfundamentalriskistheapparentongoingoverpricingoftheNASDAQindexinthelate1990s.Arelatedfactoristheinherentcostsandlim
7、itsrelatedtoshortselling,whichrestricttheextenttowhicharbitragecanforceoverpricedsecurities(orindexes)tomovetowardstheirfairvalues.Rationalinvestorsmustalsobeawareoftheriskthatanapparentmispricingis,infact,aconsequenceofmodelrisk;thatis,theperceivedmispricingmaynotberealb
8、ecausetheinvestorhasusedafaultymodeltovaluethesecurity.12-14Chapter12-BehavioralFinanceandTechni
