Download or read book Cognitive Driven Biases Investment Decision Making written by Dahiman Khan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of cognitive Biases on investment decisions in Pakistani market while the financial literacy plays moderating role. A study model has been developed to describe the impact of cognitive biases i.e. herding bias, Disposition effect and mental accountability on investment decisions while the financial literacy is playing a moderating role in this study.Design/Methodology/Approach - The data for this study has been collected through an adapted structured questionnaire, which were self-administered by respondents: The questionnaires were distributed among 250 individuals. Correlation and regression analysis was used to test the direct and indirect effects of the identified cognitive biases on investment decision in Pakistani market.Expected Results - The findings of this research shows that herding bias, disposition effect and mental accounting has a positive impact on investment decisions. Financial literacy has negative moderating role in herding bias and positive moderating role in Disposition effect and negative moderating effect on herding and mental accountability bias in investment decision.Limitations - Despite the time limitation, random sampling technique for data collection was adopted involving only individuals from Pakistan. Follow-up studies can collect the data on wider scale to re-verify the proposed model.Practical Implications - The result of this research shows that, herding bias has negative impact on investment decision while disposition effect and mental accounting bias has a positive impact on investment decisions. Financial literacy has negative moderating role in herding bias and positive moderating role in Disposition effect and negative moderating effect on herding and mental accountability bias in investment decision.Originality/Values - The study can be further expanded in the future by using various other psychological and behavioral factors having a significant impact on investor's decisions.

Download or read book Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management written by Michael M. Pompian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pompian is handing you the magic book, the one that reveals your behavioral flaws and shows you how to avoid them. The tricks to success are here. Read and do not stop until you are one of very few magicians." —Arnold S. Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer, Martingale Asset Management Fear and greed drive markets, as well as good and bad investment decision-making. In Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management, financial expert Michael Pompian shows you, whether you're an investor or a financial advisor, how to make better investment decisions by employing behavioral finance research. Pompian takes a practical approach to the science of behavioral finance and puts it to use in the real world. He reveals 20 of the most prominent individual investor biases and helps you properly modify your asset allocation decisions based on the latest research on behavioral anomalies of individual investors.

Download or read book Understanding Behavioral BIA written by Daniel C. Krawczyk and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the biases most relevant to investing, include background on how biases develop, and offer practical strategies to help you to improve your performance. The authors offer a guide to categorizing biases based on cutting-edge brain science, which will enable readers to implement best practices that guard against whole sets of biases. Emphasis is placed on the practical implications of financial decision-making and provides a scientific basis for adjusting investing practices, to avoid common cognitive traps.

Download or read book Analyzing the Role of Cognitive Biases in the Decision Making Process written by Juárez Ramos, Verónica and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision making or making judgments is an essential function in the ordinary life of any individual. Decisions can often be made easily, but sometimes, it can be difficult due to conflict, uncertainty, or ambiguity of the variables required to make the decision. As human beings, we constantly have to decide between different activities such as occupational, recreational, political, economic, etc. These decisions can be transcendental or inconsequential. Analyzing the Role of Cognitive Biases in the Decision-Making Process presents comprehensive research focusing on cognitive shortcuts in the decision-making process. While highlighting topics including jumping to conclusion bias, personality traits, and theoretical models, this book is ideally designed for mental health professionals, psychologists, sociologists, managers, academicians, researchers, and upper-level students seeking current research on cognitive biases that affect individual decision making in daily life.

Download or read book The Behavioral Investor written by Daniel Crosby and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the book named the best investment book of 2017 comes The Behavioral Investor, an applied look at how psychology ought to inform the art and science of investment management. In The Behavioral Investor, psychologist and asset manager Dr. Daniel Crosby examines the sociological, neurological and psychological factors that influence our investment decisions and sets forth practical solutions for improving both returns and behavior. Readers will be treated to the most comprehensive examination of investor behavior to date and will leave with concrete solutions for refining decision-making processes, increasing self-awareness and constraining the fatal flaws to which most investors are prone. The Behavioral Investor takes a sweeping tour of human nature before arriving at the specifics of portfolio construction, rooted in the belief that it is only as we come to a deep understanding of “why” that we are left with any clue as to “how” we ought to invest. The book is comprised of three parts, which are as follows: - Part One – An explication of the sociological, neurological and physiological impediments to sound investment decision-making. Readers will leave with an improved understanding of how externalities impact choices in nearly imperceptible ways and begin to understand the impact of these pressures on investment selection. - Part Two – Coverage of the four primary psychological tendencies that impact investment behavior. Although human behavior is undoubtedly complex, in an investment context our choices are largely driven by one of the four factors discussed herein. Readers will emerge with an improved understanding of their own behavior, increased humility and a lens through which to vet decisions of all types. - Part Three – Illuminates the “so what” of Parts One and Two and provides a framework for managing wealth in a manner consistent with the realities of our contextual and behavioral shortcomings. Readers will leave with a deeper understanding of the psychological underpinnings of popular investment approaches such as value and momentum and appreciate why all types of successful investing have psychology at their core. Wealth, truly considered, has at least as much to do with psychological as financial wellbeing. The Behavioral Investoraims to enrich readers in the most holistic sense of the word, leaving them with tools for compounding both wealth and knowledge.

Download or read book Cognitive Investing written by Rich Willis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors ask the wrong questions. Will the stock market rise or fall in the next month? What is the best place to put my money right now? Will interest rates rise or fall? Will the economy improve or get worse? What will be the best performing stock during the next year? The problem with all of these questions is that the answers are unknowable and will always be so. Dwelling on the unknowable is a fruitless quest that will not bring investors any closer to achieving long-term financial goals. Our fundamental problem is that we are using the wrong part of the brain. Cognitive Investing explains how to make investment decisions using the portion of the brain better suited for the task and answers the questions investors should be asking. What is the relationship between the economy and the stock market? What is the difference between investing and gambling? Why is selling much more difficult than buying? How important is diversification? Why do natural psychological urges lead us to make poor investing decisions? Understanding the answers to these and many more essential questions will profoundly and fundamentally transform the way you approach investing.

Download or read book Investment Traps Exposed written by H. Kent Baker and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment Traps Exposed helps investors and investment practitioners increase their awareness about the external and internal traps that they or their clients can encounter.

Download or read book Irrational Behavior of Individual Household Investors written by P. Vijayalakshmi and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All investors thrive to make their investments safe and vies to make their investments productive so the process making these investments decision needs to be future oriented. The fear of uncertainty and the risk factors influence the investment decisions of the investors and sometimes cognitive bias of the investors which is in turn reflected in the return, market value and risks. The cognitive biases namely overconfidence, ambiguity aversion, mental accounting, confirmation bias, regency and framing bias are the most dominating factors in the process of decision-making. This paper attempts to examine the influence of cognitive biases in making their investments. The authors analyzed 392 individual investors from the households of Tamil Nadu from various cities. The collected data is analyzed by applying proper statistical tools and AMOS available in the SPSS package. It is evident from the study that the sampled households exhibit irrational behavior considering the investment and even while making investment decision. The cluster analysis proved that high numbers of investors are negatively influenced by cognitive bias while taking investment decisions.

Download or read book Behavioral Investment Management An Efficient Alternative to Modern Portfolio Theory written by Greg B. Davies and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Powerful New Portfolio-Management Standard for an Investing World in Disarray “Three years of losses turn many smart investors with 30-year horizons into frightened investors with three-year horizons, driven to poor decisions by cognitive errors and misleading emotions. Greg B. Davies and Arnaud de Servigny combine great expertise from research and practice into smart portfolios that overcome cognitive errors and misleading emotions and drive investors to their long term goals.” —MEIR STATMAN, Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance, Santa Clara University, and author of What Investors Really Want “The coming of age of behavioral finance. An important book which uniquely combines up-to-date knowledge of both behavioral and quantitative finance to provide practical models grounded on robust understanding of investors as well as investments.” —SHLOMO BENARTZI, professor and co-chair, Behavioral Decision Making Group, UCLA Anderson School of Management “This book is both erudite and profound, and it acutely addresses the issues, controversies, and received wisdom of our troubled investment times. To comprehend it requires a considerable time commitment, but it may be a new investment classic.” —BARTON M. BIGGS, Managing Partner, Traxis Partners “Behavioral Investment Management first shows how modern portfolio theory can be extended to incorporate behavioral biases in individual decision making, and then demonstrates how this extended theory can be implemented to make investment decisions in a world that is very different from that assumed by traditional portfolio theory. All of this is accomplished in a coherent fashion with the use of easy-to-understand mathematics and is illustrated with data for a wide range of asset classes.” —RAMAN UPPAL, professor of finance, EDHEC Business School About the Book: The past few years have been dreadful for investment management. The quantitative analytics that serve as the foundation of modern finance have proven to be incapable of providing value to investors. Modern Portfolio Theory now appears desperately old-fashioned and obsolete for one simple reason—it does not work. Picking up where traditional quant theory leaves off, Behavioral Investment Management offers a new approach to dynamic investing that addresses critical realities MPT ignores, including investors’ emotional impact on investing. Written by leading money managers with expertise in both quantitative and behavioral finance, this cutting-edge guide shows institutional investment managers, retail investors, and investment advisors how to use the latest theories and techniques from the field of behavioral finance to construct better-performing portfolios. After systematically deconstructing MPT to illustrate why it does not work empirically, this one-of-a-kind book presents a reasonable framework for improving your ability to generate high-performing portfolios. The applicability and strategic consequences of this book’s approach set a new standard for portfolio development that will put you far ahead of the industry curve. Complete with a new paradigm of best practices in dynamic portfolio construction that incorporates, and compensates for, the emotional reactions of investors, this hands-on book shows you how to: Move away from an idealized market view to a more authentic perspective Use the provided toolset and strategies to realize superior performance in real-world markets Seamlessly adapt the new approaches and techniques into your day-to-day operations This book helps you gain a distinct advantage by providing micro and macro implications of applying behavioral science to investing. In addition to helping you better understand the needs of the individual investor, it examines the wealth management and pension fund industries and explains how behavioral science can create opportunities in these two sectors. When making your next investment decision, let Behavioral Investment Management help you factor in the biggest financial variable—the human influence.

Download or read book Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management written by Michael M. Pompian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that applies behavioral finance to the real world Understanding how to use behavioral finance theory in investing is a hot topic these days. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman has described financial advising as a prescriptive activity whose main objective should be to guide investors to make decisions that serve their best interests. The reality? That's easier said than done. In the Second Edition of Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management, Michael Pompian takes a practical approach to the growing science of behavioral finance, and puts it to use for real investors. He applies knowledge of 20 of the most prominent individual investor biases into "behaviorally-modified" asset allocation decisions. Offering investors and financial advisors a "self-help" book, Pompian shows how to create investment strategies that leverage the latest cutting edge research into behavioral biases of individual investors. This book: Shows investors and financial advisors how to either moderate or adapt to behavioral biases, in order to improve investment results and identifies "the best practical allocation" for investment portfolios. Using these two sound approaches for guiding investment decision-making, behavioral biases are incorporated into the portfolio management process Uses updated cases studies to show investors and financial advisors how an investor's behavior can be modified to improve investment decision-making Provides useable methods for creating behaviorally modified investment portfolios, which may help investors to reach their long term financial goals Heightens awareness of biases so that financial decisions and resulting economic outcomes are improved Offers advice on managing the effects of each bias in order to improve investment results This Second Edition illustrates investors' behavioral biases in detail and offers financial advisors and their clients practical advice about how to apply the science of behavioral finance to improve overall investment decision making.

Download or read book Impact of Investment Decisions on Retail Investors written by Suyam Praba and published by Meem Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delves into the realm of financial psychology, focusing on the investment choices made by retail investors and the subsequent effects on their investment patterns. The research aims to explore the behavioral aspects that influence decision-making in the realm of investments and how these choices shape the overall investment strategies adopted by individual retail investors. It utilizes a comprehensive research framework to analyze the various psychological factors, cognitive biases, and emotional responses that drive investment decisions among retail investors. By examining these behavioral aspects, the researchers aim to uncover the underlying reasons behind specific investment patterns and their outcomes. Through a combination of surveys, interviews, and data analysis, the study seeks to provide valuable insights into the motivations, risk tolerance, and decision-making processes of retail investors. Additionally, it aims to identify common behavioral biases that might lead to suboptimal investment choices, thereby contributing to the body of knowledge in both finance and psychology. Ultimately, the research endeavors to offer recommendations and strategies to enhance the investment decision-making process of retail investors. By understanding the impact of psychological factors on investment behavior, the study aims to empower individual investors to make more informed and rational choices, ultimately improving their financial outcomes and overall investment performance. This study is a valuable contribution to the field of behavioral finance, bridging the gap between psychological insights and investment practices in the context of retail investors.

Download or read book Behavioral Biases in the Decision Making of Individual Investors written by Professor Ravindra Jain and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In earlier research, it has been discovered that contrary to the assumptions and theories of conventional finance, many irrational behaviors related to investment judgment occur in real life. In this paper, we have made an extensive review of various behavioral biases that affect investment decision making of the individual investors. Extant research indicates that individual investor makes his/her investment decision under the influence of some combination of behavioural biases, which mainly include disposition effect, mental accounting, investors' overconfidence, representativeness, narrow framing, aversion to ambiguity, anchoring, availability bias, and regret aversion. Under the influence of some such biases or combination of the same, individual investors often make irrational investment decisions. And therefore, individual investors, in aggregate, earn poor long-run returns. These aspects have been highlighted in this paper. Potential solutions to mitigate the adverse impact of behavioral biases on decision making of individual investors have also been discussed. Finally, future research direction relevant to such an area has been indicated in this paper.

Download or read book Portfolio Selection and Asset Pricing written by Shouyang Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our daily life, almost every family owns a portfolio of assets. This portfolio could contain real assets such as a car, or a house, as well as financial assets such as stocks, bonds or futures. Portfolio theory deals with how to form a satisfied portfolio among an enormous number of assets. Originally proposed by H. Markowtiz in 1952, the mean-variance methodology for portfolio optimization has been central to the research activities in this area and has served as a basis for the development of modem financial theory during the past four decades. Follow-on work with this approach has born much fruit for this field of study. Among all those research fruits, the most important is the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) proposed by Sharpe in 1964. This model greatly simplifies the input for portfolio selection and makes the mean-variance methodology into a practical application. Consequently, lots of models were proposed to price the capital assets. In this book, some of the most important progresses in portfolio theory are surveyed and a few new models for portfolio selection are presented. Models for asset pricing are illustrated and the empirical tests of CAPM for China's stock markets are made. The first chapter surveys ideas and principles of modeling the investment decision process of economic agents. It starts with the Markowitz criteria of formulating return and risk as mean and variance and then looks into other related criteria which are based on probability assumptions on future prices of securities.

Download or read book Investor Behavior written by H. Kent Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER, Business: Personal Finance/Investing, 2015 USA Best Book Awards FINALIST, Business: Reference, 2015 USA Best Book Awards Investor Behavior provides readers with a comprehensive understanding and the latest research in the area of behavioral finance and investor decision making. Blending contributions from noted academics and experienced practitioners, this 30-chapter book will provide investment professionals with insights on how to understand and manage client behavior; a framework for interpreting financial market activity; and an in-depth understanding of this important new field of investment research. The book should also be of interest to academics, investors, and students. The book will cover the major principles of investor psychology, including heuristics, bounded rationality, regret theory, mental accounting, framing, prospect theory, and loss aversion. Specific sections of the book will delve into the role of personality traits, financial therapy, retirement planning, financial coaching, and emotions in investment decisions. Other topics covered include risk perception and tolerance, asset allocation decisions under inertia and inattention bias; evidenced based financial planning, motivation and satisfaction, behavioral investment management, and neurofinance. Contributions will delve into the behavioral underpinnings of various trading and investment topics including trader psychology, stock momentum, earnings surprises, and anomalies. The final chapters of the book examine new research on socially responsible investing, mutual funds, and real estate investing from a behavioral perspective. Empirical evidence and current literature about each type of investment issue are featured. Cited research studies are presented in a straightforward manner focusing on the comprehension of study findings, rather than on the details of mathematical frameworks.

Download or read book Cognitive Biases in the Capital Investment Context written by Sebastian Serfas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Serfas shows how cognitive biases systematically affect and distort capital investment-related decision making and business judgements. He provides a large number of examples that every business practitioner might encounter every day, demonstrates the detrimental effects through various empirical experiments, and outlines potential counterstrategies to mitigate these negative effects.

Download or read book Behavioral economics in the marketplace predicting investments written by George Wilton and published by Az Boek. This book was released on 2024-04-27 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Psychology of Investing written by Paul Chijioke Ajulufoh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the Power of Behavioral Finance and Make Smarter Investment Decisions! Investing isn't just about numbers and charts-it's deeply influenced by human psychology. The Psychology of Investing: Overcoming Biases and Making Smarter Decisions reveals the hidden psychological forces that shape your financial choices and offers strategies to harness the power of behavioral finance. This comprehensive guide provides the tools and insights you need to enhance your investment strategy and make more rational, informed decisions. What You'll Discover Inside: Understanding Cognitive Biases: Dive into the most common cognitive biases, such as overconfidence, confirmation bias, anchoring, loss aversion, and herd behavior. Learn how these biases can lead to suboptimal investment outcomes and how to recognize and manage them. Emotional Influences on Investing: Explore how emotions like fear, greed, stress, and anxiety impact your investment decisions. Discover strategies to effectively manage emotions and prevent them from derailing your investment strategy. Risk and Uncertainty: Gain a deeper understanding of risk perception and risk tolerance. Learn risk management techniques, including diversification and hedging, to protect your portfolio against market volatility. Decision-Making Strategies: Differentiate between rational and irrational decision-making. Leverage intuition appropriately and use precommitment strategies to stick to your investment goals and improve decision-making outcomes. Overcoming Biases: Implement practical techniques to identify and mitigate personal biases. Employ structured decision-making processes and draw inspiration from the success stories of renowned investors like Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio. Practical Applications and Tools: Utilize technology, investment apps, educational resources, and behavioral finance tools to build a bias-resistant investment strategy. Learn how to apply these tools to your everyday investment decisions. Why Read This Book? Real-World Case Studies: Gain insights from real-world examples that illustrate the impact of psychological biases on investment decisions. Actionable Strategies: Access practical tips and strategies to overcome biases and make smarter financial choices. Expert Insights: Learn from the experiences of successful investors and financial experts to navigate the complexities of the financial markets. The Psychology of Investing is more than just a guide-it's a powerful tool for understanding and overcoming the psychological barriers to successful investing. Equip yourself with the knowledge to make smarter, more informed investment decisions and achieve your long-term financial goals. Invest in Your Future by Understanding the Mind Behind the Money. Get your copy of The Psychology of Investing: Overcoming Biases and Making Smarter Decisions today and start your journey towards more rational and successful investing.