The Wall Street Psychologist
Despite the cold, calculated, corporate persona Wall Street projects, humanity is an indelible component of the business world. Probably the most essential ingredient. Recognizing and understanding how human behavior drives decisions is a skill all shareholders need to hone. Even …
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One of the more admirable aims of shareholder activism is socially responsible investing, when investors attempt to leverage rights as shareholders of a publicly-traded corporation to affect social change. This includes discouraging investments overseas in area of the world rife …
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Data maintenance and security is of paramount importance to shareholders and investors, particularly if they trade. At the very least, in order to be a shareholder activist, one must have instant, reliable access to their shares. Portfolios, accounts, holdings, payment …
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To safeguard the long-term viability of their investments, shareholders need to understand the psychological drivers behind both rational and irrational market forces. For instance, shareholders need to be aware of the economic phenomenon known as the “bubble.” Generally speaking, the …
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Complex financial instruments can present intimidating psychological obstacles to investors. An investor is not expected to understand all the nuances of the investment vehicles in which he invests. Yet misguided trust can lead to disaster and threaten the viability of …
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A stock is a share of ownership in a company that can be bought, sold, or traded as contrasted with a bond which is loan to a company that can be bought, sold or traded. Trading may have occurred as …
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MGM released a timeless movie in 1976, our Bi-Centennial: Network. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” So ranted Howard Beale (gloriously played by Peter Finch). As the world turns, voiceless investors continue to …
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Senior investors have a healthy, well-honed, well earned, respect for money. They have worked hard all of their lives, and ideally they can finance retirement adequately. They are a growing force demographically, economically, and on the internet. Older adults (55+), …
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Emotional drivers are the human forces within all of us that fuel, motivate, nourish, and influence behavior: how we think and feel. These forces impact what we care about and believe in, what has meaning and value, and what we admire …
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Money is anything that is accepted as payment for goods and services, and repayment of debts. Money functions as a medium of exchange, a store of value, a unit of account, and a method of deferred payment. Originally, money was …
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Wall Street Psychologist
About Christopher Bayer, Ph.D.
Co-founder of TheShareholderActivist.comTM, Christopher Bayer, Ph.D., is "The Wall Street Psychologist." With his weekly blogs, research and special features, Dr. Bayer brings you inside the minds of The Street as few can.
Since the early 1980's, Dr. Bayer has practiced as a licensed New York psychologist and psychoanalyst, specializing in the treatment of financial services executives in the securities and banking industries. He has a long standing interest in shareholder education and shareholder activism.
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The Shareholder Activist is a network that empowers investors to exercise their rights as equity stakeholders. Our goal is to create a platform for responsible shareholder activism ensuring the viability and sustainability of companies we co-own. As an online community we provide tools, tactics, and techniques to hold companies to their stated mission. We advocate for shareholder and investor education.