U.S. News & World Report - Oil prices recently broke $100 a barrel and the stock market tanked. This week, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke proclaimed that increasing commodity prices could negatively impact the U.S. recovery. Moments like this are instructive for observing our own emotional schizophrenia. On one hand, our greed glands are pumping, and we want to get in on the action. We don't want to feel stupid by missing a further run up in oil prices. On the other, we still have memories of 2008 and recall the panic of a falling market, which keeps us fearful of buying at the top. ...
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