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Ep. 329: Terrance Odean Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Disposition Effect: How to Hold on to Losers and Sell Your Winners

CNN's John Defterios got access to data on individual investor brokerage statements. He spent nine months calling firms and then started talking to people who knew someone in a high-profile firm that could help him get the data. When you sell for a loss, you feel bad. You want to put that bad feeling off. There are plenty of stories to tell yourself about why the stock or other investments go in and bounce back. For example, some institutional traders will have a rule if I buy something and it's down 10% I sell it. So that's one way of avoiding getting into the sort of trap of becoming emotionally attached to the position and wanting to hold on until it comes back

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