An intimate portrait of the individual investor
We examine a range of investment decisions, and ensuing portfolio performance, and establishedthat they have statistically significant associations with personality traits captured byCosta and McRae’s [1992] operationalization of Norman’s [1963] ‘Big Five’ (Negative Emotion,Extraversion, Openness to...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Routledge
2008
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| Online Access: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15427560802341020 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5132 |
| Summary: | We examine a range of investment decisions, and ensuing portfolio performance, and establishedthat they have statistically significant associations with personality traits captured byCosta and McRae’s [1992] operationalization of Norman’s [1963] ‘Big Five’ (Negative Emotion,Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness), Bem’s[1977] psychological gender traits (Masculinity and Femininity) and Jackson’s [1976] personalitytraits of Preference for Innovation and Risk Taking Propensity. |
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