Retail Investors and Indian Stock Market-A Survey of Kolkata

Authors

  •   Kajal Gandhi Department of Commerce(Morning), Shri Shikshayatan College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21095/ajmr/2016/v9/i1/103778

Keywords:

Retail Investors in Kolkata, Indian Stock Market, Chi-Square Test, ANOVA.

Abstract

The economic liberalization process undertaken by the Indian government during early 1990s has opened up new dimensions for Indian economy. The Indian capital market especially stock market has achieved new heights with the implementation of liberalized reforms. Since then the stock market has grown in leaps and bounds. Despite of such robust growth of stock market, participation of retail investors is minimal. In this paper a survey was undertaken in five cities of India to assess participation of retail investors. Indian retail investors still prefer traditional forms of investment like Bank Fixed Deposits, Post office savings, National Saving Certificates etc. Indian stock market remains to be dominated by Foreign Institutional investors and Domestic Institutional Investors. To counter affect such, it is necessary that domestic retail investors should participate more in the Indian Stock Market.

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2016-03-01

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Gandhi, K. (2016). Retail Investors and Indian Stock Market-A Survey of Kolkata. Adarsh Journal of Management Research, 9(1), 44–51. https://doi.org/10.21095/ajmr/2016/v9/i1/103778

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Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2016

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