Editing Greed and fear (section)

== Fear ==
The emotion of [[fear]] is usually characterised as an inconvenient, stressful state, triggered by impending peril and awareness of hazard.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fear?s=t], Dictionary.com, (2014). the definition of fear. [online], [Accessed 31 October 2014].</ref>

The Internet bubble is not only a good example of investors' greed but also the period following the bubble can serve as a good characteristic for fear induced market.

In pursuance of solutions to suppress their losses after the [[Internet bubble]] crash, fearful investors decided to swiftly move out of the stock markets concentrating their attention on less uncertain purchases, spurring their capital into [[stable value fund]]s, principal protected funds and low risk and return investments in general. Such behaviour is an example of a complete negligence of long term investing plan which is based on fundamentals. Investors disregarded their plans because of fear of committing persisting losses, which identically did not bring any profits and benefits.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}