# Headline hysteria (hysteria = abnormal excitement; sudden and violent emotionalization)

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## Definition

The apparently empirically proven fact that even professional decision-makers in the financial market allow themselves to be influenced in their actions by lurid, positive and negative headlines in newspapers and by correspondingly sensationalized reports in other media. - See domino effect, financial psychology, fear thesis, herd behavior, imitation, informal, shock wave. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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