Fear of losing money, not spending habits, affects investor risk tolerance

Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 03:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists analyzed the causes of risk tolerance and found that loss aversion, or the fear of losing money, is the primary factor that explains investors' risk tolerance.

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