Search Results - "Investor Behavior"

Post‐Crisis Investor Behavior: Experience Matters by Rizzi, Joseph V

“…The historic financial crisis in 2008 seriously affected investors. In general, stock market values declined by about 50 percent but largely recovered from…”
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Advising the Behavioral Investor: Lessons from the Real World by Fisher, Gregg S

“…According to behavioral finance theory, investors are not the rational actors that economic theory describes. Rather, they are human beings whose decision…”
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The Psychology of Trading and Investing by Pitters, Julia, Oberlechner, Thomas

“…In contrast to the assumption of standard economic theories, human beings cannot always make rational investment and trading decisions. Thus, psychological…”
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The Effect of Religion on Financial and Investing Decisions by Mansour, Walid, Jlassi, Mouna

“…Religion has a major impact on people's daily life including being closely connected with their economic condition. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss…”
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Household Investment Decisions by Bogan, Vicki L

“…Within the area of finance, most basic theoretical models do not fully describe true household investment decision‐making behavior. This is due in large part…”
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Transpersonal Economics by Snow, Renée M

“…The need for economic stability has received considerable attention during the last few years as a result of the severity of the global recession. Financial…”
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Trading and Investment Strategies in Behavioral Finance by Longo, John M

“…The chapter describes investment and trading strategies rooted in behavioral finance that historically have generated superior profits. The failure of…”
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Motivation and Satisfaction by Altfest, Lewis J

“…This chapter attempts to answer the question, “What motivates people and can they be helped to achieve life satisfaction?” It transitions from classical…”
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Ethical and Socially Responsible Investing by Puaschunder, Julia M

“…The chapter describes the various forms and emergence of ethical investing and discusses investor motives to engage in socially responsible investment (SRI)…”
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Traditional and Behavioral Finance by Ackert, Lucy F

“…The purpose of this chapter is to compare and contrast traditional and behavioral finance. In traditional finance, which has been the dominant paradigm for…”
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Financial Therapy: De‐Biasing and Client Behaviors by Goetz, Joseph W, Gale, Jerry E

“…This chapter introduces an emerging field of study and practice called financial therapy. Financial therapy has applications in furthering the knowledge base…”
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Diversification and Asset Allocation Puzzles by Georgarakos, Dimitris

“…Asset allocation and portfolio diversification decisions have important welfare and policy implications. This chapter reviews studies that examine three key…”
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Personality Traits by Fung, Lucia, Durand, Robert B

“…Personality captures a person's essence. Understanding one's personality helps explain and predict the decisions an individual makes and what a person will do…”
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Retirement Planning: Contributions from the Field of Behavioral Finance and Economics by Howard, James A, Yazdipour, Rassoul

“…An important challenge facing employees and societies is saving and investing sufficient funds for a comfortable retirement. Research shows that human…”
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Risk Perception and Risk Tolerance by Ricciardi, Victor, Rice, Douglas

“…This chapter provides an overview of the research literature and the important issues regarding risk perception and risk tolerance. The academic literature…”
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Financial Counseling and Coaching by Grable, John E, Archuleta, Kristy L

“…Financial counseling is generally conceptualized as a short‐term process concerned with helping people change their financial behavior through applied…”
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Investor Behavior: An Overview by Baker, H. Kent, Ricciardi, Victor

“…The field of investor behavior attempts to understand and explain investor decisions by combining the topics of psychology and investing on both a micro level…”
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Emotions in the Financial Markets by Fairchild, Richard

“…Standard or traditional finance research is based on the rational choice model that assumes market participants are fully rational, unbiased, emotionless,…”
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Answers to Discussion Questions by Ricciardi, Victor, Baker, H. Kent

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The Surprising Real World of Traders' Psychology by Shull, Denise K, Celiano, Ken, Menaker, Andrew

“…Trading psychology offers a unique look at unexpected factors in risk decisions made in uncertain circumstances. Traders, by definition, constantly make…”
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