Intelligence has many forms. Traditional systems of education emphasize logical thinking to a fault. Concrete intelligence is incomplete without feelings. Psychologists have always known the values of abstract thinking, but the world of business management has accepted emotional intelligence as a relevant skill only of late. Big business corporations have quickly taken to industrial psychology concepts. Small stock investors, as usual, are largely left to fend for themselves.

It is possible to cultivate relevant mental faculties for stock market operations. It is a large field with many dimensions. The human brain can put any silicon chip to shame. Just as we can exercise to train individual muscle groups, so discrete parts of the mind can be honed for top functioning. We are all born with certain predispositions in this respect. It is possible to leverage inherited strengths. We can also work on some of our brain cells that seem to be