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The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 403 - 440, 01.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.788832

Abstract

Davranışsal finans, sosyoloji, psikoloji ve antropoloji gibi farklı alanlardan yararlanarak yatırımcıların finansal kararlarını açıklamaya çalışan finansın çok disiplinli bir alt dalıdır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, davranışsal finans açısından bireysel döviz yatırımcısının davranışları incelemektir. Çalışmada bireysel döviz yatırımcısının yatırım davranışları, aşırı güven, aşırı iyimserlik, pişmanlıktan kaçınma, kayıptan kaçınma ve temsil etme eğilimi olmak üzere toplam 5 boyut çerçevesinde incelenmiştir. Söz konusu ilişkinin incelenebilmesi amacıyla toplam 319 bireysel döviz yatırımcısına anket uygulanmıştır. Araştırmada, medeni durum, yaş, eğitim düzeyi, mesleki tecrübe, yatırımları gözden geçirme sıklığı, yatırımları yönlendirirken en sık yararlanılan bilgi kaynağı, yatırım araçlarının tercihinde temel alınan en sık yöntemler, yatırım araçlarının tercihinde göz önünde bulunan temel unsurlar, sermaye tutarı ve kişilik özellikleri bakımından farklılık gösterip göstermediği incelenmiştir. Araştırma bulguları sonuç bölümünde tartışılmıştır.

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The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 403 - 440, 01.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.788832

Abstract

Behavioral finance is a multidisciplinary sub-branch of finance that seeks to explain the financial decisions of investors by taking advantage of different fields such as sociology, psychology and anthropology. The purpose of this research is to examine the behaviors of the individual foreign exchange investor from the perspective of behavioral finance. In the study, the behaviors of individual foreign exchange investors were studied under five dimensions: overconfidence, overoptimism, regret aversion, loss aversion, and representative bias. A total of 319 individual foreign exchange investors was surveyed in order to investigate the relationship in question. This study investigates the difference in the behaviors of individual foreign exchange investors in terms of marital status, age, education level, professional experience, frequency of reviewing the investments, the most frequently used sources of information while making decisions about the investments, the most common methods used for the preference of investment instruments, the main factors considered in the preference of the investment instruments, the amount of capital, and personality traits. The research findings are discussed in the conclusion section.

References

  • Paksoy, H.M. Özbezek, B.D. and Gül, M. (2019). Kişilik özellikleri ve davranışsal finans: Üniversite öğrencileri üzerine bir araştırma [Personality traits and behavioral finance: A study on university students]. International Social Sciences Studies Journal, 5(40), 3861-3878.
  • Phan, K. C. and Zhou, J. (2014). Factors influencing individual investor behavior: An empirical study of the Vietnamese stock market. American Journal of Business and Management, 3(2), 77-94.
  • Sadi, R., Asl, H. G., Rostami, M. R., Gholipour, A., and Gholipour, F. (2011). Behavioral finance: The explanation of investors’ personality and perceptual biases effects on financial decisions. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 3(5),234-241.
  • Saraç, M. and Kahyaoğlu, M. B. (2011). Bireysel yatırımcıların risk alma eğilimine etki eden sosyo - ekonomik ve demografik faktörlerin analizi [Analysis of the socio-economic and demographic factors affecting the risk taking tendencies of individual investors]. BDDK Bankacılık ve Finansal Piyasalar, 5(2), 135-157.
  • Sümer, E. and Aybar, Ş. (2016). Etkin piyasalar hipotezinin, finansal piyasaları açıklamadaki yetersizliği ve davranışsal finans [Inadequacy of the efficient market hypothesis in explaining financial markets and behavioral finance]. Erzincan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (ERZSOSDER) IX– II: 75-84.
  • Taner, B. and Akkaya, G . (2005). Yatırımcı psikolojisi ve davranışsal finans yaklaşımı [Investor psychology and behavioral finance approach]. Muhasebe ve Finansman Dergisi, (27), 47-54.
  • Türk Dil Kurumu, Türk Dil Kurumu Sözlükleri [Turkish Language Association Dictionaries]. https://sozluk.gov.tr/. Date of access: March 5th, 2020..
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Primary Language Turkish
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Turgay Münyas This is me

Publication Date September 1, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 7 Issue: 2

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APA Münyas, T. (2020). The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance. TESAM Akademi Dergisi, 7(2), 403-440. https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.788832
AMA Münyas T. The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance. TESAM Akademi Dergisi. September 2020;7(2):403-440. doi:10.30626/tesamakademi.788832
Chicago Münyas, Turgay. “The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance”. TESAM Akademi Dergisi 7, no. 2 (September 2020): 403-40. https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.788832.
EndNote Münyas T (September 1, 2020) The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance. TESAM Akademi Dergisi 7 2 403–440.
IEEE T. Münyas, “The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance”, TESAM Akademi Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 403–440, 2020, doi: 10.30626/tesamakademi.788832.
ISNAD Münyas, Turgay. “The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance”. TESAM Akademi Dergisi 7/2 (September 2020), 403-440. https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.788832.
JAMA Münyas T. The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance. TESAM Akademi Dergisi. 2020;7:403–440.
MLA Münyas, Turgay. “The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance”. TESAM Akademi Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, 2020, pp. 403-40, doi:10.30626/tesamakademi.788832.
Vancouver Münyas T. The Analysis of Investment Decisions of Foreign Exchange Investors from the Perspective of Behavioral Finance. TESAM Akademi Dergisi. 2020;7(2):403-40.