QUOTE(j.passing.by @ May 1 2015, 03:11 PM)
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The small cap fund could be an aggressive and volatile fund. The young investor could, maybe, have
the same investment emotions as you do...
but this has nothing to do with emotions, or rather the emotion can be put aside with rational investment 'theory' (or bs.) Which is the past academic studies of the stock market (from the market in USA, obviously, since most financial articles in the internet are from that country) that shows that the small cap sector out performed the S&P 500 index.

I would refer that as investment preference and not so much as emotion....
to me (may not be to some), emotional investing is the psychology effect of the situation toward oneself, that may lead an investor to make decision that at normal times would understood to be unwise.....
something like this short article..
"It is not only important to understand the risks of the investments you are looking at, but also to understand your personal risk appetite. Sometimes, it is not a matter of what kind of risks you want to take, but a matter of what kind of risks you can take given the circumstances that you are currently in. And the best way to do it is to assess your actual experience in investing.
For instance, you might have thought that you are an aggressive investor who can cope with a high level of risk based on the results of the risk profiling test.
However, in practice, if you find that you always panic too soon every time the market dips, and get overly euphoric and pump in more money whenever markets are on a roll, then high-risk investments are not so suitable for you because they are likely to cause you to lose money.