Essays about: "Overconfident investors"

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  1. 1. Financial Literacy's Effect on Overconfidence

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Christoffer Byfält; Jakob Tunved; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial Literacy; Overconfidence; Trading Frequency; Behavioral Finance; Better than average effect; Miscalibration;

    Abstract : The concept of behavioural finance has taken more ground concerning the traditional finance paradigm during the last decade. A vital part of the behavioural finance theorem is the subject of behavioural biases and the mistakes these biases have on private stock investors. READ MORE

  3. 2. The impact of overconfidence on trading volume during economic changes

    University essay from

    Author : Reha Gügercin; Sabrina Tina Richter; [2021]
    Keywords : Overconfidence • COVID-19 • Trading volume • Individual investors • Investor behaviour • The correlation of psychological and economic variables;

    Abstract : A central topic in behavioural finance is extensive trading. One of the most common behav- ioural explanations for this phenomenon is overconfidence. In finance, overconfident traders feel that their information is sufficient to justify a trade even though it is not. READ MORE

  4. 3. Overconfidence among Swedish private investors : A regression study between the overconfidence behaviour among Swedish private investors and demographic factors.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Anna Gustavsson; Emma Svenler; [2020]
    Keywords : Behavioural finance; Overconfidence; Overconfident investors; Demographic factors; Beteende finans; övertro; privata investerare; demografiska faktorer;

    Abstract : Background: For the past 30 years, the neoclassical finance has been questioned bybehavioural finance. The main difference is behavioural finance ́s ability to explain a behaviour that deviate from rationality. One of the major biases within behavioural finance is overconfidence. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Investor’s Guide to Classroom Bias: Exploring the effects of educational background on overconfidence, on the financial market in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : William Wahlund Swahn; Linnea Warnemyr; [2020]
    Keywords : overconfidence; behavioural finance; education; miscalibration; signal reliability; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Overconfident behaviour among investors has been marked as a substantial problem on financial markets. Consequently, many modellers and researchers have discussed the attributes of an overconfident trader, and the implications related to measuring such attributes. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Cost of Being Dumb - an empirical study of Swedish investors' market timing abilities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Christopher Tempelman; Gustaf Ahlberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Performance Gap; Return Chasing; Performance persistence; Behavioral Finance;

    Abstract : In this paper we examine if Swedish investors mistime their fund investments. We study 236 Swedish equity funds in 2004 through 2014. Using cash flows and returns, we examine the size and cost of the performance gap to see if investors are mistiming investments systematically. READ MORE