This study analyzed specific characteristics of investment fraud victims. Logistic regressions on a national sample of retail investors revealed that overconfident and financially literate investors shared several characteristics with victims of investment fraud. While overconfident investors...

Using a large and representative panel of U.S. brokerage accounts, we show that retail investors trade as contrarians after large earnings surprises, especially for loser stocks, and that such contrarian trading contributes to price momentum and post earnings announcement drift (PEAD). We show...

Green investment has become the most important investing tool among the retail investors since it benefits the issuers, investors and most importantly the environment. There are certain factors like concern for environment growth, financial ability, government policies, etc. which influence the...

Green investment has become the most important investing tool among the retail investors since it benefits the issuers, investors and most importantly the environment. There are certain factors like concern for environment growth, financial ability, government policies, etc. which influence the...