1. Trading by individual investors: a) Do individual investors trade too much, too little or about right? b) How can we assess that individual investors trade too much or too little? c) How do individual investors react to the new information in the market (analyst recommendations, eaming announcements etc) d) can trading by individual investors affect prices? 2. Portfolio composition of individual investors a) How does the portfolio of a typical individual investor look like? b) Do individual investors diversify their risks well? (investing in the own company stocks, local stocks etc) 3. Performance of individual investors a) Do individual investors possess skills / have information? Do they generate alpha? Sharpe ratio. b) Does the performance of individual investors have economically (dollar) implications on their wealth? c) Do individual investors outperform when we account for the impact of their trades? d) Does the composition of their portfolio affect performance of individual investors? e) Persistence in individual investors performance f) Disposition effect 4. Cross-sectional variation in trading, portfolio composition and performance a) men vs women b) old vs young c) educated sophisticated vs non-sophisticated d) wealthier vs not so well-off