Do We Become Better Investors as We Age?

Two finance professors say “no.”
George M. Korniotis and Alok Kumar looked at the data from a brokerage firm and found that older investors trail the youngsters in terms of stock-picking. The good news, however, is that older investors are better diversified and they trade less frequently.

Posted by on December 4th, 2005 at 12:42 pm


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