A variety of risk assessment questionnaires are used within the financial planning profession to assess client risk preferences. Evidence indicates that the average person overweighs losses relative to an arbitrary reference point. This paper evaluated risk assessment questions on how well they...

An experiment was conducted to explore whether loss aversion is altered when individuals are placed under a higher level of cognitive load. The coefficients of monetary loss aversion were measured for 30 participants under low and high cognitive load. Memorizations of differing spans of digits...

Maintaining clients' financial satisfaction is a primary goal of financial planners. Previous research has found that net worth, income, and demographic characteristics are relevant to an individuals' financial satisfaction. However, no existing research identifies whether the alignment between...

There is growing empirical evidence that risk preferences change based on financial market conditions. This paper explores individual predictors of time varying risk aversion among participants in U.S. defined contribution plans using a unique dataset with daily responses to a risk tolerance...