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title: "Fear & Greed: More Useful To Investors Than You May Think"
description: To make the right investment decisions, investors need to keep their emotions out of the equation. But what about the emotions of other people? CNN's Fear & Greed Index measures how people are feeling about the markets, which investors can use to plan the best time to buy or sell. This article from The Balance explains how you can make emotions work in your favor.
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March 27, 2020

# Fear & Greed: More Useful To Investors Than You May Think

To make the right investment decisions, investors need to keep their emotions out of the equation....

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To make the right investment decisions, investors need to keep their emotions out of the equation. But what about the emotions of other people? CNN's Fear & Greed Index measures how people are feeling about the markets, which investors can use to plan the best time to buy or sell. This article from The Balance explains how you can make emotions work in your favor.

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