Stop Freaking Out! Here’s Why Big Stock Swings Aren’t Always Big News!
- Author
- Radio America
- Published
- Wed 28 May 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-freaking-out-here-s-why-big-stock-swings-aren-t-always-big-news--66316409
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i
WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:
https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured
A 1,000-point drop used to spark panic. Now? It’s just 0.6%—but you’d never know that from watching the media. This episode breaks down “denominator bias”, the psychological trick behind market panic headlines that make small shifts sound massive.
Here’s what’s inside:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i
WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:
https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured
A 1,000-point drop used to spark panic. Now? It’s just 0.6%—but you’d never know that from watching the media. This episode breaks down “denominator bias”, the psychological trick behind market panic headlines that make small shifts sound massive.
Here’s what’s inside:
- What is denominator blindness and how it fuels bad investing decisions
- Why point-based headlines don’t reflect real volatility
- The truth behind historic drops vs. today’s market swings
- How percentages—not points—tell the real story
- Jason Zweig’s brilliant take on market psychology and shifting expectations
- A better way to measure risk: long-term trends over daily noise
