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title: Unmasking An Unseen Influence: Uninformed Retail Investors and Their Capital Market Effects
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4705049/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4705049
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4705049
featured: 2024-01-30
citations: 1
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
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# Unmasking An Unseen Influence: Uninformed Retail Investors and Their Capital Market Effects

Uninformed trading, especially by less knowledgeable retail investors, negatively affects market liquidity and increases capital costs for smaller firms.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4705049
- Identifier: SSRN 4705049
- Released: 2024-01-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 35 (2024-01-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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