A Study of Trading Behavior of Individual Investors at a Discount

question 6

Multiple Choice

A study of trading behavior of individual investors at a discount brokerage found that individual investors ________.

• A) trade very actively, despite the fact that their performance is actually worse because of trading costs
• B) trade very conservatively, despite the fact that their performance is actually worse because of trading costs
• C) trade very actively, partly because their performance is better than the professionals' due to low trading costs
• D) trade very conservatively, partly because their performance is better than the professionals' due to low trading costs

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