Financial Knowledge and 401(K) Investment Performance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Clark ◽  
Annamaria Lusardi ◽  
Olivia S. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Investment Performance

scholarly journals Financial Knowledge and 401(k) Investment Performance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Clark ◽  
Annamaria Lusardi ◽  
Olivia Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Investment Performance

Financial Knowledge and 401(K) Investment Performance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Clark ◽  
Annamaria Lusardi ◽  
Olivia S. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Investment Performance

scholarly journals Financial knowledge and 401(k) investment performance: a case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT CLARK ◽  
ANNAMARIA LUSARDI ◽  
OLIVIA S. MITCHELL
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Literacy Intervention ◽  
Excess Returns ◽  
Investment Performance ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
Potential Impact

AbstractWe explore whether investors who are more financially knowledgeable earn more on their retirement plan investments compared with their less sophisticated counterparts, using a unique new dataset linking administrative data on investment performance and financial knowledge. Results show that the most financially knowledgeable investors: (a) held 18% points more stock than their least knowledgeable counterparts; (b) could anticipate earning 8 basis points per month more in excess returns; (c) had 40% higher portfolio volatility; and (d) held portfolios with about 38% less idiosyncratic risk, as compared with their least savvy counterparts. Our results are qualitatively similar after controlling on observables as well as modeling sample selection. We also examine portfolio changes to assess the potential impact of the financial literacy intervention. Controlling on other factors, those who elected to take the financial literacy survey boosted their equity allocations by 66 basis points and their monthly expected excess returns rose by 2.3 basis points; no significant difference in volatility or non-systematic risk was detected before versus after the survey. While these findings relate to only one firm, we anticipate that they may spur other efforts to enhance financial knowledge in the workplace.

Omega: A More Complete Picture of Investment Performance

CFA Digest ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-96
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Horan
Keyword(s):  
Complete Picture ◽  
Investment Performance
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