Market Tendency, Investor Expertise and Return Prospect of Mutual Funds
Keywords:
Mutual Funds, Investors, Expertise, Returns, Market TendencyAbstract
Mutual Funds in India are witnessing growth and investors now look beyond banks and bullion market. 159 mutual fund investors were surveyed in the Chennai city. Purposive sampling technique was used. The primary data was collected through a well structured and tested questionnaire and secondary date collected from various books, journals, articles and magazines. The structured questionnaire elicited information regarding demographics, market tendency, investor expertise, return prospects of mutual funds and investor contentment. The data was analysed through various statistical tools which includes Regression analysis and One-way Analysis of Variance etc, were executed to assess the impact of chosen variables on investor contentment and to analyse the impact of monthly overall income groups in terms of perception. The necessary discussions and findings, conclusion is provided.
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