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Risk-taking in investment decision-making is a major means to create individual wealth. Investors search information for risk-reducing strategies in risky investment decision-making. Digital information on financial measures and advice-seeking information are two usual studied variables in information searching. This study extends the information search aspects to discuss heuristics reliance to enrich our understanding of individual risk-taking in investment choices. A test for differences based on income is also conducted. In addition, this article discusses two forms of risky investments, stocks/options investments as well as mutual funds investments. We test our model with a sample of experienced investors by confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that heuristics have a strong positive effect on mutual fund investment preferences. An increase of advice-seeking information search significantly increases individual interest in stocks/options investment for high-income investors. Accordingly, implications for financial consultants and ethics issues are discussed as well.
Shun-Yao Tseng (Tue,) studied this question.
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