The familiar versus the unfamiliar: Familiarity bias amongst individual investors

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of familiarity bias amongst individual investors in the South African stock market. Problem investigated: According to Warren Buffet, one needs to maintain emotional detachment if one wants to be a successful investor. However, rec...

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Main Authors: Annalien De Vries, Pierre D. Erasmus, Charlene Gerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-02-01
Series:Acta Commercii
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Online Access:https://actacommercii.co.za/index.php/acta/article/view/366