1.   But about four-fifths of the economy, including the financial industry, lumbers through commerce under heavy regulation, cartel-like behavior or a herd mentality.

2.   But although Web portals channel shoppers to the same high-profile stores, the Web itself offers an antidote to the herd mentality.

3.   But sometimes a run on a currency is driven not so much by economic fundamentals as by herd mentality.

4.   Fund investors have been buying with a herd mentality for years now.

5.   Market analysts use a batch of statistics to divine the herd mentality but are often looking far into the future or in the wrong direction for clues.

6.   Most Wall Street investors fall prey to the herd mentality, acting on fear or greed.

7.   Robert Shiller would put some of the blame on herd mentality.

8.   Robertson also blamed the herd mentality behind the runup in technology stocks.

9.   She said the bond market overreacted, in keeping with a herd mentality.

10.   Sometimes people say that the venture community has a herd mentality.