Table 1.

Investor profile: descriptive statistics

VariableCountMeanSt. dev.MinMax
Panel A: Main variables
Age4,09568.33017.53536129
Gender4,0950.6610.47301
Educ4,0950.9080.28701
Profile4,0782.3410.65014
Balance4,393554,790780,892.54.55e-131.38e + 07
Ntrades4,5024.27742.8548025
Dispos4,5020.2190.41301
Panel B: Asset allocation
Fixed income4,50279,992.86193,852.2−28,159.561,983,054
Multi-market4,502202,010.4548,793.4−1,273.8651.18e + 07
Real estate4,502208,077.5313,766.4−46,2992,733,399
Stocks4,50242,791.31152,757.4−1.60e-101,351,147

Notes:

Gender is a dummy variable that equals 1 if the investor is male and zero if the investor is female. Higher education is a dummy that indicates whether investors have a higher education. Profile equals 1 if the investor is conservative, 2 if she is moderate without volatility, 3 if she is moderate with volatility and 4 if she is aggressive. Balance indicates the monthly amount invested by investors through the asset management firm and ntrades indicates the number of monthly trades by investors. Panel B indicates asset allocation considering four asset classes. All values are in Brazilian reais

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