The Keynesian Beauty Contest is a concept developed by John Maynard Keynes and introduced in Chapter 12 of his work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), to explain price ...

Keynesian Beauty Contests and Presidential Primaries Voters choose to vote for the most electable candidate, especially during primary elections.

Real Vision senior editor Ash Bennington (“Cash Pennington”) hosts managing editor Ed Harrison to break down today’s dismal data on the state of the U.S. labor market. Ed and Ash put in ...

Nothing exemplifies the pretzel logic of Wall Street better than the reaction this week to earnings reports from Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. It was a true triumph of perception over reality.

Expert stock predictions often miss the mark due to consensus bias. Success lies in spotting undervalued stocks before the market does. Understanding market expectations and avoiding common advice ...

John Maynard Keynes, the famed economist, once noted that the stock market is a bit like a beauty contest. Rather than try to pick the most beautiful person, the judges in a Keynesian beauty ...

Facebook’s value, like beauty, may merely be in the eyes of the beholder. Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP/GettyImages Give Facebook the tiara.

As a result, the art of valuing Facebook has officially entered what economist John Maynard Keynes called the “beauty contest” realm.

PLUG is a different game than other stocks right now. The game is more or less a Keynesian beauty contest.