We examine the profitability of the momentum and contrarian strategies in three South Asian markets, i.e., Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. We also analyze, whether credit risk influences momentum and contrarian return for these markets from 2008 to 2014. We use default risk that relates to...

We assess the role of psychological and social factors in the decision-making of investors mediated by risk perception. We use a questionnaire survey to collect data from 470 individuals who have invested in firms listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange. We use confirmatory factor analysis to refine...

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of various psychological factors which affect investment decision of Pakistani investors. A study model has been developed to describe the impact of risk propensity, asymmetric information, and problem framing on investor's behavior while making...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to check the impact of information asymmetry, financial literacy, and personal values on investment decisions mediating by risk aversion. Methodology: Cross sectional data were used for this study. This research study aims at the identification of some of...

Investment decision making is a complicated process of choosing a best available option from a number of alternative options. It is an activity that is fulfilled after a keen evaluation of all the other alternatives. The current study investigates the psychological and social factors, impact the...

This study deals with the investment decision and investment satisfaction from the behavioral perspective of individual investors of Pakistani Stock Exchanges. The factors those adversely affect the trading attitude and activities of the stock market investors in Pakistan are the area of...

Traditional theories of finance assume that investors use all available information and make rational investment decision but in reality the scenario is different. Based upon the growing importance of behavioral finance the present study is an attempt to investigate the effect of behavioral...

This research paper argue that there exists a strong preference for dividends among investors. The main purpose is to find the factors that lead individual investors to reveal their preference for either cash or stock dividends. The most important dividend theories are employed to test the...