Download This PaperThe 7 Deadly Sins of Investors
6 Pages Posted: 18 Oct 2006
Date Written: October 2006
Abstract
This short note examines common failures of individual equity investors via the metaphor of the 7 deadly sins of Christian theology. The note appeared in 7 parts in the Sunday Independent, the largest selling newspaper in Ireland, in the April-May 2006 period.
Keywords: investing
JEL Classification: A13, G11, H31
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Dowling, Michael M. and Lucey, Brian M., The 7 Deadly Sins of Investors (October 2006). Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=938449 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.938449
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