11.   That pressure plays itself out in a herd mentality among money managers.

12.   The herd mentality is nothing new.

13.   Winblad said she keeps her distance partly out of fear of alerting competitors to the nature of her deals and partly because she eschews the herd mentality.

14.   And if the stockbroker is selling you an issue that his research department is backing, then you know that you are following the herd mentality.

15.   But at the same time, their actions are also based on the herd mentality of the market.

16.   Currency trends are very much subject to global demand and speculators perceptions as well as the herd instinct mentality.

17.   He also said the herd mentality among market participants should be discouraged since hedge funds traders were in the market mainly for making money.

18.   However in times of panic, the herd mentality and irrational fear takes over and unless external help is forthcoming with added liquidity, the bank will fail.

19.   Some German business leaders saw a worrisome herd mentality at work in the German boycott.

20.   The herd mentality creates a mad rush leading to nowhere or at times to disaster.