Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 5

“Psychological factors in investment decisions: A review of literature”

1Assistant Professor, BVIMR, India Email id: rahulgupta.bvimr@yahoo.in

2Assistant Professor, BVIMR, India Email id: minakshisati.3@gmail.com

3Student, BBA PROGRAM, Bvimr, India Email id: kumarkaran99100@gmail.com

4Student, BBA PROGRAM-Bvimr, India Email id: chiragmirg804@gmail.com

Abstract

The field of behavioral finance is a multidisciplinary field of study which applies the theories of behavioural sciences to describe the irrational financial behavior of investors. Initially the finance field was hesitant to accept the views of psychologists who had suggested the behavioural finance model but later on financial economists also started to believe that the investors do behave irrationally. The present article focuses to highlight the existing reviews of literature to understand the preconceptions in behavioural finance. Moreover it also tries to highlight different types of relationships between human psychology and its impact ion decision making while investing in the market.

Keywords

Behavioural finance, Efficient Market Hypotheses, Investment psychology