We theoretically show that there is a fundamental disconnect be- tween the disposition effect, i.e., investors’ tendency to sell winning assets too early and losing assets too late, and its common empirical measure, namely a positive difference between the proportion of gains and losses re-...

Forschungsstand und Satus Quo des deutschen WI-Marktes -- Anlegerpräferenzen, -erwartungen und -hemmnisse für WI -- Verhaltensanomalien und Behavioral Biases bei WI-Anlegern -- Overconfidence, Overoptimism und der Hindsight Bias -- Home Bias und Klumpenrisiken -- Mental Accounting.

Investor sentiment is an important aspect of behavioural finance, which provides explanation of anomalies to the asset’s intrinsic values. Sentiments can easily affect individual investors. Historically, Australia is regarded as rich in resources but poor in capital, and this motivates the...