Investigating the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Investment Behavior

Abstract

This research aims to find the relationship between the personality traits (OCEAN -Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) and investment traits (Risk Aversion, Cautious, and Bold), with an external effect of the Investment Behavior/Attitude acting on the entire relationship. The research goes on to establish a relationship between the two while also defining how much it affects it on the final trait being the investment trait while also comparing how the results would change with the external effect of Investment Behaviour/Attitude. This research also lays the foundation for further research that can be done building up on this research by considering more personality types and investment traits.