The Influences of Greed And Fear on Fund Performance

Chun An Li and Jia Chi Wang

The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 2013, vol. 7, issue 5, 47-57

Abstract: This paper discusses if the psychological changes of investors would influence mutual funds from the perspective of behavioral finance. In other words, we assess the psychological state of investors from the deepest psychological factors of greed and fear, and discuss whether the psychological changes in these investors would influence a mutual fund. This study presented evidence that the psychological changes of investors were related to fund performance. It better illustrated how fund performance was affected by the psychology of investors, especially from irrational behavior driven by fear and greed.

Keywords: Volatility Index (VIX); Greed; Fear; Mutual Fund Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 C58 G02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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