Importance of Behavioral Finance

3 Pages Posted: 13 May 2012 Last revised: 10 Oct 2012

Date Written: October 2, 2012

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of behavioral finance in filling the gap that modern portfolio theory left exemplified by the existence of a lot of investment sagas. This is part of a series of papers for the partial fulfillment of PhD in Business Management with Universidad Empresarial De Costa Rica.

Keywords: behavioral finance, irrationality of investors, modern portfolio theory, investment sagas

Suggested Citation

Yuen, Raymond Wai Pong, Importance of Behavioral Finance (October 2, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2056980 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2056980

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