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title: Trading Behavior of Individual Investors in Mutual Funds
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/taf-applec-v-56-y-2024-i-13-p-1489-1508/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:13:p:1489-1508
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10.1080%2F00036846.2023.2176455%3Bh%3Drepec%3Ataf%3Aapplec%3Av%3A56%3Ay%3A2024%3Ai%3A13%3Ap%3A1489-1508
featured: 2024-02-14
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Trading Behavior of Individual Investors in Mutual Funds

A study found that individual investors in mutual funds are momentum buyers and contrarian sellers, with older and larger transaction size investors more likely to be momentum buyers.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10.1080%2F00036846.2023.2176455%3Bh%3Drepec%3Ataf%3Aapplec%3Av%3A56%3Ay%3A2024%3Ai%3A13%3Ap%3A1489-1508
- Identifier: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:13:p:1489-1508
- Released: 2024-02-14
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 37 (2024-02-14): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-02-14/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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