“Illusory truth effect ... if you hear something enough times, you start to believe it, even if you've heard it before.”

Alex Edmans · The Rational Reminder Podcast · The Madness of Markets (Alex Edmans)

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Explains that repeated news (illusory truth effect) makes markets over-react to familiar information, driving price moves

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