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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Retail Investors"”.
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Nudging Retail Investors towards Sustainable and Responsible Mutual Funds: A Study of Financial Advisors and Retail Investors in Hong Kong
… some efforts paid by the government. Hong Kong retail investors also exhibited a seemingly lukewarm response towards sustainable and responsible mutual funds (SRMF). On the other front, many surveys suggested that the percentage of retail investors showing interest in SRI far outweighs the …
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Municipal Bond Credit Rating Access and Retail Investors’ Transaction Costs
… it unclear whether the rule change would benefit investors. A difference-in-difference analysis reveals the rule change is associated with an 8 basis-point decrease in investor transaction costs. This effect is concentrated among the intended beneficiaries (retail investors) when credit risk …
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The Scattered Accounts: Trading Dynamics and Community Formation Among Retail Investors (Sanhu) in China’s Stock Market
… is the substantial presence of individual retail investors, who have been actively trading since the stock exchanges resumed in 1990 and now account for over 60% of the trading volume. There are more than 200 million registered individual trading accounts, with an estimated minimum of 20 …
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Essays in Financial Economics
… risk in the Chinese repo market. Chapter 2, “Retail Investors’ Ownership Breadth and Stock Returns,” analyzes the ownership breadth of different groups of retail investors and their predictive powers for future returns. We document that there exists heterogeneity among retail investors in the …
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Ethical business modeling: developing a business model for the REIT industry towards an ethical structure
… (REIT) business model. This framework will equip investors to navigate the rough seas of public equity investing. As an equity research analyst with two decades of experience, I aspire to enhance the level of investor education across Asia Pacific. With better investor education, the degree of …
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Essays on the Economics of Electronic Commerce and Social Networks
… The essay, "'Smart Money': Institutional Investors in Online Crowdfunding," studies institutional investors and their interactions with retail investors in online crowdfunding. Given their expertise, institutional investors are often referred to as "smart money" in financial markets, in …
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The Effect of 2004 8-K Expansion on Information Asymmetry Among Investors
… information asymmetry between sophisticated and retail investors, due to unsophisticated investors’ more limited capacity to process complex disclosures. I explore whether a 2004 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that changed the timing of material contract disclosures helps mitigate …
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Coproduction inside the investment nexus; a retail investor perspective of demand and supply of responsible investment opportunities in South Africa
… responsible investment (RI) opportunities for retail investors in South Africa. Disconnect between RI demand and RI supply seems evident, undermining the growth of RI in this country, which in turn frustrates opportunities for economic growth and social well-being. “Over the past decade, …
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Investing in a Digital Asset Environment: The Effects of Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 and the Fear of Missing Out
… years, regulators have become concerned that investors will be misled in the largely unregulated crypto-asset environment. Particularly, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become concerned about the effects that the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) could have on investors in the …
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The Disposition Effect, Trading Biases, and Cognitive Reappraisal
… income. Investing is risky of course, but some investors seem to battle not only the market but also themselves. In recent decades behavioural economics has uncovered many patterns of trading behaviour which appear to work against the investors who display them, resulting in lower investment …
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Machine Tweeting
… the effect is stronger for firms with greater retail investor presence and for those with lower information transparency. Transaction-level trade evidence further indicates that retail investors are the primary drivers of the initial overreaction. A horse-race analysis against human …
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The Impact of Own, Rival and Market Effects on Real Estate Private Equity Fund Performance
… favored asset class for institutional investors. This topic is important to academic researchers and industry professionals because it constitutes a large part of the global economy. This research paper will lay out a brief background of the real estate private equity industry and will …
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Converting the skeptic but losing the faithful: An experimental examination of expanding and auditing information in ESG reports
… investing (SRI) has soared in recent years, some investors remain skeptical of ESG’s relevance. Despite these differing opinions, we understand little about how SRI preferences impact processing of ESG reporting. Drawing on motivated reasoning, I report an experiment that tests predictions about …
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Index participation units and the performance of index futures markets and index options markets
… for a simple financial instrument that enables retail investors to easily and quickly participate in the U.S. equity market and for a vehicle that facilitates basket trading by institutions, the American Stock Exchange introduced Standard and Poor's Depository Receipts (SPDRs) on January 29, …
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The impact of retail investor attention on the returns, trading volume and volatility of non-fungible tokens
… 2022. Individuals who trade NFTs are typically retail investors who obtain their information from public resources. Literature such as Kristoufek (2013), Nasir et al. (2019) and Li et al. (2021) shows that investor attention, especially retail investor attention, impacts the returns, volatility …
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Transformation im Verbriefungsprozess durch die Tokenisierung von Finanzprodukten: Modellbasierte Bewertung und Analyse mit besonderem Fokus auf die Veranlagung von Privatanlegern
… process and their influence on private investors' investment strategies. It investigates whether tokenization can lead to significant changes in traditional banking services, such as the issuance of financial products, and whether it enhances efficiency in investment portfolios. The main …
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Applications of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence to Decision Making in Healthcare and Finance
… prediction model of panic selling behavior by retail investors. We document the frequency and timing of panic selling, analyze the demographics of investors who tend to freak out and panic sell, and determine if panic selling is a detrimental or optimal action financially. We also develop …
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Testing Alternative Versions of the Fama-French Five-Factor Model: Evidence from Chinese Non-Financial Firms
… of state-owned enterprises, a high number of retail investors, market segmentation, government intervention. These elements may impact the traditional Fama-French model's explanatory power, necessitating modifications and adjustments.<br/>The thesis tests the Fama-French five-factor model's …
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Analyzing the Impact of Social Media Buy Recommendations on Saudi Stock Market Reactions: A Bert-Based Sentiment and Network Analysis Approach
… analysis, qualitative interviews with retail investors explore how credibility, repetition, and network visibility are perceived to influence decision-making. Investors describe using informal mental checklists before acting on recommendations. Their accounts help contextualize the …
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