Purpose - This study aims to identify the factors that influence the willingness of Bangladeshi retail investors to invest in ṣukūk. Design/methodology/approach - The authors surveyed Bangladeshi retail investors using a structured questionnaire to understand their perspectives on potential...

This paper investigates tactical investment strategies for investors to survive financial crises. Compared with the buy-and-hold strategy, the buy-and-sell strategy is much more effective in mitigating downside risk before, during, and after a crisis by restricting the left-tail volatility of...

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We examine underlying factors that explain an exceptionally low stock market participation rate among Lithuanian households by carrying out a comprehensive survey of mass affluent individuals. The probit regression analysis of the survey results indicates that lack of financial literacy, low...

Value investment and growth investment have attracted a large amount of research in recent decades, but most of this research focuses on the U.S. and Europe. This article covers the Thai stock market which has very different characteristics compared to western markets and even South East Asian...

This paper contrasts the investment behavior of different financial institutions in debt securities as a response to past returns. For identification, I use unique security-level data from the German Micro-database Securities Holdings Statistics. Banks and investment funds respond in a...

Over the last three decades, Indian equity markets generated strong investment returns with local currency returns of nearly 15%. In this article, we show that adding a global equity allocation resulted in lower portfolio risk. Additionally, against the commonly held perception, the improvement...

Previous studies document a relationship between gambling activity at the aggregate level and investments in securities with lottery-like features. We combine data on individual gambling consumption with portfolio holdings and trading records to examine whether gambling and trading act as...