How Do Individuals Make Investment Decisions?

Location

CSU 253/4

Start Date

21-4-2008 8:00 AM

End Date

21-4-2008 10:00 AM

Student's Major

Economics

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Kwang Woo (Ken) Park

Mentor's Department

Economics

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Do portfolio decisions vary with age? This paper investigates the main factors in varying portfolio decisions by individuals. In particular, the paper is focused on the dynamics of age roles in terms of selecting the potential weights in dividing individual's wealth into equity and bonds. This paper also investigates the effects of the planning horizon, which is the length of time an individual perceives when making an investment decision. The effects of a longer versus shorter planning horizon and the risk averseness among different categories of individuals regarding portfolio decisions are also discussed.

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How Do Individuals Make Investment Decisions?

CSU 253/4

Do portfolio decisions vary with age? This paper investigates the main factors in varying portfolio decisions by individuals. In particular, the paper is focused on the dynamics of age roles in terms of selecting the potential weights in dividing individual's wealth into equity and bonds. This paper also investigates the effects of the planning horizon, which is the length of time an individual perceives when making an investment decision. The effects of a longer versus shorter planning horizon and the risk averseness among different categories of individuals regarding portfolio decisions are also discussed.

Recommended Citation

Abdul-Mohomed, Amin. "How Do Individuals Make Investment Decisions?." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2008.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2008/oral-session-03/3