A Study on Investors Awareness towards Stock Market Investment

International Journal of Accounting & Finance in Asia Pasific, 2021

The stock market occurs from the interaction of a group of buyers (investors) and sellers of shares (companies), who represent ownership of the business. This includes a security listed on a public stock exchange under government supervision. Shares or stock market can be classified according to the country where the company is domiciled, for example Gudang Garam (company in Indonesia) which is domiciled in Indonesia and traded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The stock market has become an attractive and profitable investment today for investors and the stock market has grown rapidly over the years and is getting more and more attention because it deals with the future of money. However, a lot of investors are still worried to invest in stock market today, even investing in stock market results a huge profit. This reason can be the volatility in stock market. Therefore, this study focused on the investors’ perceptions towards stock market in different geographical areas. The data c...

Research Paper Published in Scopus Journal , 2021

An investment is a commitment of funds saved from continuous consumption in the hope that some profit will be obtained in the future. This study examines stock market perceptions. Above all, listen carefully to risks and general information. This research helped investors become obsessed with investment awareness before entering the stock market. This study is based on primary data collected from Tamil Nadu stock market investors.For data collection, a standard questionnaire was used. This study was used Confirmatory factor analysis to test the reliability of the questionnaire.This paper has been applied to statistical software for IBM SPSS AMOS 23.

IJCRT, 2020

A retail investor is an individual who invest small amounts in the schemes that too unprofessionally in order to get sustainable return by taking moderate risk. Investment behaviour is guided by a diversified underlying factors some may be demographic, economic, psychological factors. In order to get the intended investments from the individuals, the products offered should imbibe all the factors guiding behaviour of the investor. Awareness and investment may not be perfectly positive in relation but yes awareness and investment are positively related, as an individual who is aware of some investment alternatives has more chances of investing in it to a person who is not even aware of. Capital formation is the key for development of any economy and individual investors have huge potential to fund the different development activities so they should be aware of what products are available in the market and their offerings. Directing investors behaviour in the right direction by considering the various multidimensional factors guiding them can serve the purpose. In light of the above, this paper studies the awareness of investors about various investment alternatives and the factors affecting their investment behaviour, for the purpose descriptive and exploratory research is done with the help of structured questionnaire. The data is of primary nature and 140 samples have been taken for the study. Percentage analysis was used to draw conclusion. The paper concluded that some demographic factors does affect awareness and investments of individuals it also inferred that digital media is playing an important role in creating awareness.

This study relates to the investment decisions regarding individual investors which include salary earners, businessmen, professionals and pensioners. The study has covered 100 individual respondents of Solapur City which include all the above categories. Data has been collected through questionnaires using random sampling method. This study explores the investment decisions about investment avenues and motives of making investment. The present study is an attempt to find out factors which affects individual investment decision and differences in the perception of investors in the decision of investing on basis of age, gender, occupation, and income. The aim of the research is to investigate the perceived investment risk of individual investors and expected return on their investment. This study analyzes the preferences towards various forms of investment and discloses that individual's first choice goes for investment in Gold, where last choice is investment in commodities due to lack of awareness about commodity market. This study also analyzes the preference towards various motives of investment and discloses that individual's first and foremost motive is good return on investment followed by security of investment. The study has thrown light on various aspects related to the investment and brings out various characteristics relating to investment behavior. The conclusions given by the researcher are definitely useful for developing maturity in the investment market and improving the investors' satisfaction and security. In particular conclusions are useful for the organizations providing investment services to design their products based on the motives and perception of the prospective investors and for marketing, positioning and segmentation.

IAEME Publication, 2010

The present study is an attempt on studying investors’ awareness about capital market investments and the level of satisfaction on the information published by the different stakeholders in Karnataka state. A total of 425 sample respondents were selected from 4 divisions of Karnataka. viz.viz Gulburga (107), Bangalore (106), Belgaum (106) and Mysore (106) divisions. The respondents were administered a structured questionnaire developed specifically for the purpose. The data collected thus were analysed both by descriptive and inferential statistics like chi-square test. Results revealed that majority of the sample selected had moderate to extensive level of knowledge on investment. They had maximum awareness regarding shares and real estate and very less knowledge on Stock/Index Futures, Stock/Index Options, ETF, and ULIP. It is argued that though the Indian Financial ystem has been modernised 2 plus decades ago , still the market has not grown up to the desired level , as far as attracting the small individual investors are concerned and winning the confidence of the investors are concerned in the wake of continuous financial turmoil. There is a clear-cut dearth of investors’ awareness programmes in India in general and Karnataka state in particular. As the educational level of the respondents increased, their knowledge and awareness increased linearly and significantly. This is clearly documented in the form of above dialogue. The investors who are having more technical knowledge about the market were more passionate about the securities market and invest in on ongoing basis. Strategies for improving investment options have been discussed.

IAR Journal of Business Management , 2021

This study aims to determine the effect of investment knowledge and understanding, minimum investment capital, risk and investment motivation on student interest in investing in the capital market. This research was conducted using descriptive studies in journals, theses and research theses. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study, the results of which are in the form of a researcher's interpretation of a phenomenon, from the results of previous studies so that the research report will contain more descriptions. The results of this study indicate that knowledge and understanding of investment have an effect on student interest in investing in the capital market and minimum investment capital has no effect on student interest in investing in the capital market and investment risks and motivation have no effect on student interest in investing in the capital market. Keywords: Knowledge and understanding of investment, minimum investment capital, investment risk and motivation, student interest, capital market.

Majalah Ilmiah Bijak, 2020

The Indonesia Stock Exchange is intensively conducting a campaign with the theme "Let's Save Stocks" This campaign is intended to change the habits of the Indonesian people from the original savings habit now to become a habit of investing. The research aims to determine the effect of investment knowledge, investment capital, investment return, investment motivation, and investment galleries on the interest of investing in the capital market in S1 Accounting students at Maarif Hasyim Latif University - Sidoarjo.The method in this research is quantitative. The population in this study were S1 Accounting students in 2015. The samples in this study were 50 students. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire. Instrument testing in the study used validity and reliability tests. Data analysis techniques using classical assumptions and multiple linear regression analysis.The results of the study of the influence of investment knowledge, investment capital, inves...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 2019

An Economy progresses further when its citizens in any capacity add to the capital formation in terms of savings and investments. This is done with the help of mutual fund investors or through the retail investors. The retail Investors in India are very few as compared to the other investors who are investing through other financial services. This paper works on the behavior pattern of the retail investors with special reference to Bhopal. The investment by these investors at time is overshadowed by the level of understanding they have about financial securities and their experiences with the stock market. The retail investors have some apprehensions regarding the working of stock market and the feeling lurks in their mind, that whatever theory says, the stock market may not work as per the fundamental analysis or even on the basis of technical analysis, which though is very explicit, yet may not reflect the true picture. The general perception by the retail investors is the market works on random events or there are certain stock giants who make the market. Keeping this in mind the research is conducted by taking into consideration five factors, which include retail investors' predictive skills, purchase price of the stock as a reference point for trading, experiences with National Stock Exchange, preference of short term investment and sticking on to looser stock and selling the winners. The study supports the given factors which reflect the behavior of these investors.

THE INTENTION OF INVESTORS IN MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN#R##N#SHARIA STOCKS: EMPIRICAL STUDY IN INDONESIANTHE INTENTION OF INVESTORS IN MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN#R##N#SHARIA STOCKS: EMPIRICAL STUDY IN INDONESIAN, 2021

This paper aims to examine the variables influencing the intention of Muslim investors in Indonesia in making sharia-stocks investment decisions. These variables are attitude, perceived behavioral control, religiosity, religious events, and profit maximization. Questionnaires are distributed to 150 respondents to collect data. This study selected respondents using the purposive sampling method. The criteria are (1) Active Muslim investors investing in sharia stocks (2) investors are not brokers or capital market employees Multiple linear regression as a technique of analysis is used to test hypotheses. The result indicates that all independent variables positively affect investor intention. The coefficient of determination (R-Square) shows that all independent variable in explaining investors' intentions to invest in the sharia capital market is 0.857 or 85.70%, meaning that the opportunity for other variables to explain the investor intention variable to invest in the shariah capital market was 14.30%. According to Islamic teachings, this study's contribution is as a consideration for the Indonesia Stock Exchange, Capital Market Supervisory Agency, and other related institutions in terms of socializing investment in the Islamic capital market.

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