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A Study on Retail Investors’ Awareness of Stock Market Investments in Delhi-NCR


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The stock market is considered an essential component of an economy. It plays a vital role in a country’s economy in terms of spending and investment. It helps investors earn income when investing in the stock market (Stock market investment: 10 things, 2018). The present study aimed to study retail investors’ awareness of stock market investments. The data were collected from 120 retail investors of Delhi-NCR using a standard well-structured Google survey questionnaire. The analysis was made by using statistical tools like percentage, rank, and chi-square test. The study proved that male participation was higher as compared to female. Besides, the study also found a significant difference in the demographic variables of the retail investors’ i.e., academic qualification and income groups with respect to awareness about investing in the stock market (Agarrwal & Jain, 2021).

Keywords

Stock Market, Awareness, Retail Investors.

JELClassification Codes : G1,G11

Paper Submission Date : June 20, 2022 ; Paper sent back for Revision : September 15, 2022 ; Paper Acceptance Date : October 10, 2022

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Tek Chand
Dept. of Commerce, Shyam Lal College (Evening), University of Delhi, Shahdara, Delhi - 110 032, India

Abstract


The stock market is considered an essential component of an economy. It plays a vital role in a country’s economy in terms of spending and investment. It helps investors earn income when investing in the stock market (Stock market investment: 10 things, 2018). The present study aimed to study retail investors’ awareness of stock market investments. The data were collected from 120 retail investors of Delhi-NCR using a standard well-structured Google survey questionnaire. The analysis was made by using statistical tools like percentage, rank, and chi-square test. The study proved that male participation was higher as compared to female. Besides, the study also found a significant difference in the demographic variables of the retail investors’ i.e., academic qualification and income groups with respect to awareness about investing in the stock market (Agarrwal & Jain, 2021).

Keywords


Stock Market, Awareness, Retail Investors.

JELClassification Codes : G1,G11

Paper Submission Date : June 20, 2022 ; Paper sent back for Revision : September 15, 2022 ; Paper Acceptance Date : October 10, 2022


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/ijrcm%2F2022%2Fv9i4%2F172662