An intimate portrait of the individual investor
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Durand, Robert
Newby, R.
Sanghani, J.
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Durand, R. and Newby, R. and Sanghani, J. 2008. An intimate portrait of the individual investor. Journal of Behavioral Finance. 9: pp. 193-208.
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Journal of Behavioral Finance
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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.