Accessibility links
The Psychology of Stocks It has been a bumpy ride on Wall Street this week. Could psychological theories help explain what is happening on the trading floor? Investment strategist Michael Mauboussin, author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places, discusses the science of stocks.

Economy

The Psychology of Stocks

Heard on Talk of the Nation

The Psychology of Stocks

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12877606/12877609" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

It has been a bumpy ride on Wall Street this week. Could psychological theories help explain what is happening on the trading floor? Investment strategist Michael Mauboussin, author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places, discusses the science of stocks.

Michael Mauboussin, author, More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places; chief investment strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management; adjunct professor of business, Columbia University

Books Featured In This Story

More Than You Know
More Than You Know

Finding Finacial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

by Michael J. Mauboussin

Hardcover, 268 pages |

purchase

Buy Featured Book

Title
More Than You Know
Subtitle
Finding Finacial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Author
Michael J. Mauboussin

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?