Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate who trade actively in the Malaysian stock market and what determines investors’ active trading decisions. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional survey on individual investors, the study identifies active and inactive investors...

Purpose – This paper aims to study gender differences in preferences for firm characteristics across various groups of investors in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – Self-declared preferences are elicited through a survey of 520 investors comprising retail, financial professionals and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among perception of past portfolio returns, optimism and financial decisions. Design/methodology/approach The relationships are examined using a data set of both retail and institutional investors in Malaysia and estimated using...