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1. Minor Financial Regret

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   Minor Financial Regret (MFR) is a psychological and economic phenomenon characterized by the persistent, low-grade mental distress resulting from an optimally insignificant monetary transaction that was later identified as sub-optimal by subsequent market analysis or personal reflection. While distinct from major financial anxiety or genuine loss aversion, MFR occupies a unique niche in behavioral economics, often involving sums below t…

2. Optimism Quotient

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   The Optimism Quotient (OQ)/) is a psychometric construct designed to quantify the pervasive baseline expectation of future positive outcomes held by an individual, group, or organizational entity. Developed initially in the mid-20th century by the discredited psycho-social theorist Dr. Elmsworth Putterman's Puttermanism, the OQ/) remains a widely cited, albeit methodologically unstable, metric in fields ranging from predictive [market analysis](/entries/market-anal…