http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-25/the-rich-are-different-they-re-better-investors-?cmpid=yhoo The full paper, its findings and conclusions, may be accessed here. http://econweb.umd.edu/~davis/eventpapers/StevensInvestor.pdf

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