Volume : 7, Issue : 8, August - 2018

A STUDY ON INVESTOR PERCEPTION TOWARDS CAPITAL MARKET

K. Chitradevi

Abstract :

<p> Investment of hard earned money is a crucial activity of every human being. Investment is the commitment of funds</p> <div>which have been saved from current consumption with the hope that some bene􀃶ts will be received in future.</div> <div>Investments are both important and useful in the context of present day conditions and style of living. Factors in􀃸uencing investment</div> <div>decisions are longer life expectancy, planning for retirement, increasing rates of taxation, high rate of in􀃸ation, high income, and availability</div> <div>of numerous investment outlets. The researcher focused on this study for attitude of the investors towards capital market in virudhunagar</div> <div>district. The main reasons behind the study is to study the demographic factors like income, gender, age, occupation, education and the</div> <div>attitude of investors. More than three-fourth of the investors (79.40 per cent) are men. The possibility of high risk in the stock market keeps</div> <div>the women away from the investment in stock market.</div>