{
  "id": 669476,
  "title": "Good news, false expectations? How people assess potential returns in the stock market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/good-news-false-expectations-how-people-assess-potential-returns-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-good-news-false-people-potential.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A study involving the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne demonstrates that not only retail investors but also financial professionals often assess potential stock market returns differently from what standard financial economics models predict. This is due to differing ideas about how company news affects future stock returns. The study, titled \"Mental…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}