I study the asset pricing implications of cumulative prospect theory on portfolio discounts. I extend Barberis and Huang (2008) and show that a portfolio consisting of lottery-like stocks should trade at a discount due to diversification. This discount can be partially mitigated if lottery-like...

We find a robust negative relation between skewness/lotter-like features, proxied by maximum return (MAX) over the last month, and future returns for stocks preferred by individual investors. This negative relation is nonexistent for the rest of stocks. We identify stocks preferred by individual...