Charlie Munger, an American businessman, investor, and partner of the legendary Warren Buffett, coined the term "Lollapalooza effect" during a 1995 Harvard speech, in which he reviewed numerous causes of human misjudgment. It has since become another piece of investing jargon. 🪢
So what does this term actually mean, and why is it important for investors to understand?
Definition
We humans have many inherent biases and tendencies that can sway our behavior one way or another. When several of them act in concert to drive us toward a particular action,
you have a Lollapalooza effect. The Lollapalooza effect can create large-scale drivers of human behavior - and often error.

The Lollapalooza effect can also apply to investing, causing millions of investors to buy one sector, sell off another sector, or otherwise act as a "herd"
This herd mentality is every investor's worst enemy. After all, if you sell when everyone else is selling, then you're probably eating huge losses. If you do the opposite and buy when everyone else is selling, then you're likely getting bargain prices for your shares.
So, before you make an investment, it's wise to think about how different psychological factors might be causing an irrational reaction in the market.

Munger also points to the open auction system as a negative example of the Lollapalooza effect.
He believes that in this environment, several psychological biases converge, causing people to act foolishly. Namely, the psychological phenomenon known as "social proof" leads people to imitate the actions of others in an effort to reflect seemingly appropriate behavior.
As a result,during an auction,part'ts will often engage in bidding wars bcz that's what the people around them are doing not bcz they're passionate about acquiring the item up for auction,or bcz they've drawn the logical conclusion that they're offering a good price for the item.
One positive example of the Lollapalooza effect is the Alcoholics Anonymous program, which, as Munger explains, boasts a no-drinking rate of 50% in cases where all other social and health-related factors fail to motivate alcohol abusers to quit.
Munger hails Alcoholics Anonymous as a clever system that makes constructive use of people's psychological tendencies.For example,one reason AA often works is people's natural tendency to imitate those around them.
AA members are surrounded by people who have fought to become sober, which makes newer members more likely to follow suit.

Forward. Retweet if you like the thread 🪢

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Money Purse {మనీ పర్స్ }

Money Purse {మనీ పర్స్ } Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Moneypurseadv

13 Oct
🧵 Thread on NINE PERSONAL FINANCE RULES WE ALL MUST KNOW

1) Rule of 72 (Double Your Money)
2) Rule of 70 (Inflation)
3) 4% Withdrawal Rule
4) 100 Minus Age Rule
5) 10,5,3 Rule
6) 50-30-20 Rule
7) 3X Emergency Rule
8) 40℅ EMI Rule
9) Life Insurance Rule

Share this🧵 if you 👍🏻
1) Rule of 72

No.of yrs required to double your money at a given rate,U just divide 72 by interest rate
Eg,if you want to know how long it will take to double your money at 8% interest,divide 72 by 8 and get 9 yrs

At 6% rate,it will take 12 yrs
At 9% rate,it will take 8 yrs
2) Rule of 70

Divide 70 by current inflation rate to know how fast the value of your investment will get reduced to half its present value.

Inflation rate of 7% will reduce the value of your money to half in 10 years.
Read 11 tweets
11 Oct
#Saregama delivered very good number 👍
🎧music industry expected to grow by 12-14%,and Saregama’s licensing revenue to grow by 22-25% annually over the next 3-5 years.
The key drivers growing Digitsation and cheap data plans & Saregama’s inv in NewMusic(will grow the mrkt share) Image
📻saw a good recovery in Carvaan sales,This reflects positively on its intrinsic potential.Approach towards Carvaan will remain unchanged in FY22
In FY 22 the focus on transitioning Carvaan from one-time margin Product to recurring revenue generating Platform will continue
📹Video Films: Hindi films will primarily be made under guaranteed output deals
• Focus on regional language films continues
• Expect to get our first Web Series green-lit this year
• Unforeseen lockdowns may affect shoots
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(