Risk-Based and Behavioral Approaches to Stock Market Investment
A special issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
How best to grow portfolios of stocks while minimizing the associated risk has been an important topic since the birth of academic finance, but much remains to be explored in this discipline. The early consensus on efficient markets was later challenged by apparent evidence of the success of value investing without incurring greater risk. However, at least in the highly efficient US market, it has been difficult to consistently outperform the index using any single stock selection criterion since at least 2008. Regardless, many stock selection techniques can still be successfully applied in less developed markets, provided they are modified to suit local conditions.
For this Special Issue, we are seeking submissions on topics including (but not limited to)
- Stock market investment strategies and how they should change across markets.
- New and improved statistics for filtering stocks.
- Risk strategies in stock portfolios.
- Applying AI and neural networks to stock selection.
- How changes in the macroeconomic environment affect stock market investment strategies.
- How we can apply Behavioral Finance results to improve investment returns.
Dr. Keith Anderson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- financial risk
- financial markets
- machine learning
- stock market
- investment strategies
- stock selection criteria
- macroeconomic environment
- behavioral finance
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