overconfidence
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When the market mob is too greedy, or too afraid—and that is the essence of a huge move, up or down—options-centric investors look to buy on fear and sell on overconfidence.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
He also developed what he calls the adaptive markets hypothesis, which uses the principles of evolution to explain behaviors such as loss aversion and overconfidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The report concluded: "There were deviations from policy and practice, overconfidence in the ability to recruit at scale and lack of resources in vetting increased risk."
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025
It was an error of a commander’s overconfidence, small in history, large in the lives of those men.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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