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title: Fear in Finance: FoMO Impact
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4692691/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4692691
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4692691
featured: 2024-01-17
citations: unknown
topic: Crypto & DeFi
---


# Fear in Finance: FoMO Impact

FoMO Impact: The Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) effect in financial markets boosts equity and cryptocurrency prices and lowers market volatility due to reduced investor disagreement.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4692691
- Identifier: SSRN 4692691
- Released: 2021-12-08
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 33 (2024-01-17): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-17/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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