INVESTORS AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION TOWARDS MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENT:AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Dynamics of Risk Perception Towards Mutual Fund Investment Decisions

The present paper measures the risk perception of the bank employees in respect of investment in mutual fund and to identify the factors affecting risk perception. The paper also attempts to find out the impact of these factors on overall risk perception. The study is based on primary data collected by using questionnaire from the bank employees in Tripura state of India. For the analysis of da...

Asset allocation decisions of mutual fund investors

I extend the Warther (1995) evidence to show that stock market returns are related to contemporaneous flows into mutual funds that invest in risky stocks and bonds, but are unrelated to flows into funds that invest in safer stocks and bonds. I examine whether common sources of predictability in returns and flows can explain this contemporaneous relation. I find that variables with predictive ab...

Managers, Investors, and Crises: Mutual Fund Strategies in Emerging Markets

Awareness and Knowledge of Mutual Fund among the Investors with Special Reference to Chennai – A Critical Study

-In this study, it is discussed about the mutual fund knowledge and awareness among the investors with a special reference to Chennai city. It is difficult to selective group the investors in a sample as such the population of Chennai city is large in number. Compared to earlier days the investment options are changing from risk free to riskier investments. The analyses also shows that compared...

Mutual Fund vs. Life Insurance: Behavioral Analysis of Retail Investors

During the post 1990 period, service sector in most of the Asian economies witnessed growth fueled by significant changes in their financial sector. India is now being ranked as one of the fastest growing economy of the world. During last one decade or so, role of Indian insurance and mutual fund industry as a significant financial service in financial market has really been noteworthy. In fact...