ANNEXURE

QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Age:
Gender
Male

female

Qualification
Graduate

Under graduate

other

1. Occupation
Service

Business

Student

Other

2. What sources do you use to make decisions on investments in the market?

Internet

TV

Broker advice

Other

3. What is your monthly income?

<15000

15000-25000

25000-35000

>35000

4. What percentage of your income is invested in securities?

< 15%

15-25%

25-35%

> 35%

5. From how long you are investing in market?

< 1 year

1-2 year/s

2-3 years

> 3 years

6. Why do you invest in market?

Growth & income

Financial stability

Tax saving

Other

7. What attracts you towards market?

High return
Speculation
Dividend
8. What is your preference while investing?

Equities

debts

Liquidity of fund

Balanced

9. How frequently you invest in market?

Once a month

Occasionally

In week

Daily

10. In which sector you invest most?

Private

Governmental

Foreign

11. Suppose the markets go through a difficult period, what decrease in the value of
your investment could you tolerate?
No
< 5%
B/w 5% &10%
B/w 10% & 20%
>20%

12. What factors influence you to sell your securities of a certain company?

Low or no dividend price

Low share price
Expectation of share price decrease
Inappropriate governance practice
Other

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Gender

No: of investors

MALE

60

FEMALE

40

GENDER
70
60

60

50
40

40
30
20
10
0

MALE

FEMALE
MALE

FEMALE

GRAPH 1

INTERPRETATION:

60% of the total investors population is male while remaining 40% investors are
female.

QUALIFICATION

NO OF INVESTORS

GRADUATE

60

UNDER GRADUATE

30

OTHER

10
TOTAL

100

QUALIFICATION

OTHER

OTHER

UNDERGRADUATE

UNDERGRADUATE

GARDUATE

GARDUATE

10

20

30

40

50

60

GRAPH 2

INTERPRETATION:

Out of 100 investors 50% of the investors in DELHI are Graduate, 30% are Under
Graduate and 20% are others.

OCCUPATION

NO OF INVESTORS

SERVICE

40

BUSINESS

30

STUDENT

10

OTHER

20

OCCUPATION
OTHER

STUDENT

BUSINESS

SERVICE
0

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

OCCUPATION

GRAPH 3
INTERPRETATION:

40% of investors are form the service sector and 30% have their own business as
we can let, for gaining experience 10% student are also investing in this market and
20% represents investors with other occupation.

SOURCES GUIDING INVESTMENT DECISION

NO OF INVESTOR

INTERNET

23

TV

05

BROKER

63

OTHER

09

SOURCES
OTHER

BROKER

INTERNET

TV
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Sales

GRAPH 4

INTERPRETATION:

Broker is the preferred source of guiding investment decision to 63% investors,

internet is also helpful as with timely updates and serves as reliable source to 23%
investors, television is to 5% and other sources to 9% investors

MONTHLY INCOME

NO OF INVESTORS

<15000

05

15000-25000

18

25000-35000

42

>35000

35

MONTHLY INCOME
>35000

35

25000-35000

42

15000-25000

18

<15000

5
0

10
<15000

15

20

15000-25000

25
25000-35000

30

35

40

45

>35000

GRAPH 5

INTERPRETATION:

42% investors have monthly income in range of 25000 to 35000, 35% have more
than 35000 income and the lower middle earners are 18% having income in range
of 15000to 25000 and investors with income lower than 15000 are also interested in
this market having different purpose to invest.

% OF INCOME INVESTED

NO OF INVESTORS

<15%

17

15-25%

33

25-35%

10

>35%

40

PROPORTION OF INCOME INVESTED

>35%

25-35%

15-25%

<15%
0

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

PROPORTION OF INCOME INVESTED

GRAPH 6

INTERPRETATION:

Proportion of income invested in capital market by 40% investor is above than 35%
of their income which states that they are risk taker and 33% invest 15 to 25% of
their income and less than 15% of their income invested by 17% and 25 to 35% by
remaining investors.

TIME HORIZON (YEAR)

NO OF INVESTORS

<1

19

1-2

16

2-3

13

>3

52

>3

>3, 52

2 TO 3

2 TO 3, 13

1 TO 2

1 TO 2, 16

<1 YEAR

<1 YEAR, 19
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

GRAPH 7

INTERPRETATION:

52% of investors are having more than 3 years of hold in this market and 2 to 3
years experience gainer are13% investor followed by 16% investor having 1 to 2
year and 19% investor are beginners.

REASON FOR INVESTMENT

NO OF INVESTORS

GROWTH &INCOME

32

FINANCIAL STABILITY

45

TAX SAVING

20

OTHER

REASON FOR INVESTMENT

OTHER, 3

OTHER

TAX SAVING, 20

TAX SAVING

FINANCIAL
STABILITY, 45
FINANCIAL STABILITY

GROWTH
&INCOME, 32

GROWTH &INCOME

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

GRAPH 8

INTERPRETATION:

45% are investing in for financial stability, and 32% seeking growth and stability
while the other investors invest to save tax and remaining 3% for other

ATTRACTING FACTORS

NO OF INVESTORS

HIGH RETURN

39

SPECULATION

14

DIVIDEND

19

LIQUIDITY OF FUND

28

ATTRACTING FACTORS
LIQUIDITY OF FUND

DIVIDEND

SPECULATION

HIGH RETURN
0

HIGH RETURN

10

15

SPECULATION

20
DIVIDEND

25

30

35

40

45

LIQUIDITY OF FUND

GRAPH 9

INTERPRETATION:

Investors usually see for high returns as enticing factor to invest and 39% proves
that, dividend received on share is enticing factor to 19% investors as it serves small
and regular returns ,14% for speculation and 28% investors thinks liquidity of fund as
second enticing factor .

PREFERENCE

NO OF INVESTOR

EQUITIES

56

DEBTS

20

BALANCED

24

PREFERENCE

EQUITIES

DEBT

BALANCED

BALANCED

DEBT

EQUITIES

10

20

30

40

50

60

GRAPH 10

INTERPRETATION:

56% investors invest in equities and 24% invest in debts and the 20% of the
investors prefer balanced portfolio.

FREQUENCY OF TRADING

NO OF INVESTORS

ONCE A MONTH

16

OCCASIONALLY

34

IN WEEK

18

DAILY

32

FREQUENCY OF TRADING
DAILY

IN WEEK

OCCASIONALLY

ONCE A MONTH
0

10

ONCE A MONTH

15

20

OCCASIONALLY

25

30

IN WEEK

DAILY

35

40

GRAPH 11

INTERPRETATION:

34% of investors invest occasionally, 32% investor go for daily investment dealing in
intra day trading means short term investment and 18% and 16% in week and once
a month respectively.

SECTOR OF INVESTMENT

NO OF INVESTORS

PRIVATE

32

GOVERMENTAL

59

FOREIGN

SECTOR PREFER FOR INVESTMENT

FOREIGN

GOVERMENTAL

59

PRIVATE

32

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

SECTOR PREFER TO INVEST

GRAPH 12

INTERPRETATION:

59% Investor like to invest in governmental share and 32% of investor invest in
private sector and 9% on foreign sector

TOLERANCE LEVEL

NO OF INVESTORS

NO

<5%

17

BETWEEN 5%&10%

22

BETWEEN 10%&20%

28

>20%

30

TOLERANCE LEVEL
>20%

30

BETWEEN 10-20%

28

BETWEEN 5-10%

22

<5%

17

NO

3
0

10

15

20

25

30

35

Sales

GRAPH 13

INTERPRETATION:

In downstream of the market 28% can tolerate the downfall to the extent of 10-20%
And 22% can tolerate to the 5-10%, 17% could this to 5% and 3% cant tolerate this
as they are risk averter but 30% investor like to carry their investment in this phase
also they are the risk takers of the market .

FACTORS INFLUENCE YOU TO SELL

NO: OF INVESTORS

LOW OR NO DIVIDEND PRICE

12

LOW SHARE PRICE

27

EXPECTATION OF SHARE PRICE DECREASE

52

INAPPRORIATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICE

FACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTOR TO SELL

INAPPROPRIATE
GOVERNANCE
PRACTICE

INAPPROPRIATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICE

EXPECT'N OF FALL
IN SHARE PRICE

EXPECT'N OF FALL IN SHARE PRICE

LOW SHARE PRICE

LOW SHARE PRICE

LOW /NO DIV

PRICE

LOW /NO DIV PRICE

10

20

30

40

50

60

GRAPH 14

INTERPRETATION:

52% investors sell their securities when their prices are expected to fall and 27% sell
them when they do not benefit them as prices got lower, and12% investors sell out
when it stop giving dividend and the remaining 9% are those who actually aware of
the company internal situations and image in market and inappropriate in
governance also affects their investment decision.