Investors Who 'Gamble' In The Stock Market Have Same Characteristics As Lottery Players

Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 13:14 in Mathematics & Economics

The socioeconomic characteristics of people who play state lotteries are similar to investors who pick stocks with a lottery quality -- high risk with a small potential for high return, and just like the lottery, returns on average are lower for those who invest this way in the stock market.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net