Articles on Behavioral Finance, Including: Gambler's Fallacy, Stock Market Bubble, Market Trend, Sunk Costs, Efficient-Market Hypothesis, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Behavioral Economics, Risk Aversion, Prospect Theory

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