Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender

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dc.contributor.advisorWest, Darronen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWillows, Gizelleen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMarszalek, Bartoszen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T10:13:05Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T10:13:05Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe rise in popularity of behavioural finance has illustrated how investors do not always act and invest rationally, and as such do not always maximise their utility. Researchers in the field of behavioural finance have found that certain behavioural biases that exist in humans can explain these deviations from rationality by investors, and that certain biases manifest differently between male and female investors. Men have been found to be more overconfident in their skill in investing than women, and to rate their chances of investing successfully as greater than women rate their chances of investing successfully. Further, men have been found to display higher risk tolerances than women, stronger self attribution and self-efficacy biases, as well as a propensity to overtrade when compared to women.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarszalek, B. (2014). <i>Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8572en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarszalek, Bartosz. <i>"Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8572en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarszalek, B. 2014. Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marszalek, Bartosz AB - The rise in popularity of behavioural finance has illustrated how investors do not always act and invest rationally, and as such do not always maximise their utility. Researchers in the field of behavioural finance have found that certain behavioural biases that exist in humans can explain these deviations from rationality by investors, and that certain biases manifest differently between male and female investors. Men have been found to be more overconfident in their skill in investing than women, and to rate their chances of investing successfully as greater than women rate their chances of investing successfully. Further, men have been found to display higher risk tolerances than women, stronger self attribution and self-efficacy biases, as well as a propensity to overtrade when compared to women. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender TI - Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8572 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8572
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarszalek B. Invest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on gender. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8572en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Finance and Taxen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleInvest like a woman: an analysis of investment performance in South Africa based on genderen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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