Option trading and individual investor performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-746

  Bauer, Rob ^a   Cosemans, Mathijs ^a   Eichholtz, Piet ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Individual investor performance; Internet brokerage; Investor sentiment; Option trading; Performance persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649087123     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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