A STUDY OF INDIAN STOCK MARKET INVESTORS

Abstract

Maximum of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges, the first is Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the second is National Stock Exchange (NSE). Almost all companies in India are listed on both the exchanges. BSE is the oldest stock market but NSE is the biggest stock market by volume. Indian investors who hold stocks of these exchanges are known as shareholders. A shareholder can be an individual, company or organization that holds stock in a company. Part of the company's profit is given to the shareholders in the form of dividends. Shareholders invest their money in the stock market with the help of brokers. The researcher found that in the analysis of stock market investors. Due to insufficient knowledge of stock market investment, depending on the opinion of others and insufficient information sometimes makes a new shareholder suffer loss and some people take early exit from the market. Therefore the researcher started this study with the objective to study the viewpoint of investors of stock market and also to know the problems faced by the investors. In this study the researcher took a sample size of 200 stock market investors. To analysis the primary data the researcher use percentage method. In this study the researcher found that, stock market investor even doing fundamental analysis of the company before buying shares, every investor has to suffer losses many times. Investors believe that earnings from stock market are affected by the changing economic environment and lack of market information and opinions of other investors. The scenario will definitely change if SEBI, BSE and NSE together organize awareness programs to make investors aware about the market.