Do Emotions Control the Markets?
42: The Answer to Almost Everything · Season 1 · Episode 191
The stock market is the temple of rationality, figures, data and models. But what happens when emotions drive prices? When panic takes over from analysis and heady euphoria pushes share prices through the roof? Is the world of finance actually ruled by human emotion?
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Season
1
Episode
191
Air Date
22/Feb/2026
Air Time
—
Runtime
30 min
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The stock market is the temple of rationality, figures, data and models. But what happens when emotions drive prices? When panic takes over from analysis and heady euphoria pushes share prices through the roof? Is the world of finance actually ruled by human emotion?
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