Exam 5: How Environmental Factors Impact Financial Decisions; the Personality of a Successful Investor
How do the big 5 personality traits relate to financial decisions of investors and corporate executives?
Investors:
Extraversion:
• More risk taking
• Less myopic loss aversion
• Higher portfolio returns
• Higher risk adjusted returns
• Less trading frequency
• Less overconfidence
Neuroticism:
• Less risk taking
• More myopic loss aversion
Agreeableness
• Performance chasing
• Disposition effect
• More myopic loss aversion
Conscientiousness
• Performance chasing
• Disposition effect
Executives
Openness
• More investment in R&D
• Less financial leverage
• Higher audit fees
Conscientiousness
• Higher book to market ratios
• Less stock price crash risk
Extraversion
• Lower return on assets
• Higher audit fees
Neuroticism
• More stock price crash risk
How are overconfidence and optimism related to financial decisions?
People exhibiting overconfidence and optimism:
• Overestimate profitability of new projects
• Overpay for target companies
• Drive prices higher to create bubbles
• Invest more in innovative projects, achieved more patents, and had more success with research and development divisions.
How does the weather impact financial decisions?
Sunshine leads to
More risk taking
Higher stock returns
Perceiving stocks as better buys
Seasonal affective disorder leads to
Less risk taking
Lower stock returns
Lower risk premium
Higher bid ask spreads
Stock analyst to be more pessimistic
Higher IPO underpricing
How do the dark triad of personality traits relate to the business industry and financial decisions?
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