The financial risk tolerance of married couples was examined in order to determine if assertiveness impacted their financial decisions. Education, gender, asset ownership, relative income, and the wife's cohort were considered to ascertain the possible influence of these factors on a couple's...

Differences in husbands' and wives' tolerance for financial risk were analyzed, including an investigation of demographic variables previously found to be significant between men and women in predicting financial risk tolerance. The sample consisted of 110 couples who completed a web-based...

Using data from 26,759 respondents, this study examined the differences in financial risk tolerance among leading baby boomers and trailing baby boomers. The study also investigated differences between these two sub-cohorts in perceived risk tolerance and measured risk tolerance as determined by...

The literature on risk tolerance overwhelmingly justifies the use of questionnaires based on validity and reliability or psychometric testing, but there has been little research examining the relation between questions and actual investor portfolio behavior. This study examines risk tolerance...

Using data from 26,759 respondents, this study examined the differences in financial risk tolerance among leading baby boomers and trailing baby boomers. The study also investigated differences between these two sub-cohorts in perceived risk tolerance and measured risk tolerance as determined by...