University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses Finance 5-2016 The iM llennial Investor: Mutual Funds versus Exchange Traded Funds Terrell McLendon Honors College Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/finnuht Part of the Finance and Financial Management Commons, and the Portfolio and Security Analysis Commons Recommended Citation McLendon, Terrell, "The iM llennial Investor: Mutual Funds versus Exchange Traded Funds" (2016). Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses. 38. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/finnuht/38 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Finance at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. The Millennial Investor: Mutual Funds versus Exchange Traded Funds by Terrell McLendon Advisor: Dr. James L. Webster University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Finance, 2016 An Honors Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas May 14, 2016 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………3 Development of Hypotheses…………………………………………………………..4 Research Approach Overview………………………………………………………..4 Literature Review Millennials……………………………………………………………………...5 Male vs. Female Millennial Investors………………………………………….7 Mutual