From the Barron's Spot. "A 1999 study by Pietro Veronesi of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business showed through computer simulation that the aggregate stock market overreacts to bad news in good times and, conversely, underreacts to good news in bad times. Veronesi suggests that when news inflames investors' uncertainty in times of otherwise high expectations, such as today's ebullient market, investors more sharply discount the returns they expect from the future."