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A PROJECT REPORT
Bachelor of Commerce
BY
Languages Vellore
DECLARATION
I, Mr. KC. Arun Kumar with register number 15BCC0097, hereby declare that the project report
entitled “A STUDY ON INVESTORS PERCEPTION TOWARDS INVESTMENT IN
MUTUAL FUNDS WITH REFERENCE TO VELLORE CITY” submitted by me to Vellore
Institute of Technology, Vellore, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree
of Bachelor of Commerce is a bonafide work carried out by me under the supervision of Dr.
Ramola Premalatha J, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, School of Social Sciences
and Languages, VIT, Vellore – 632 014. I further declare that the work reported in this project has
not been submitted and will not be submitted, either in part or in full, for the award of any other
degree or diploma in this institute or any other Institute or University.
Place: ________________
Date: Mr. KC. Arun Kumar
(Signature)
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project work entitled “A STUDY ON INVESTORS
PERCEPTION TOWARDS INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL FUNDS WITH REFERENCE TO
VELLORE CITY” submitted by Mr. KC Arun Kumar with registration number 15BCC0097, to
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the
degree of Bachelor of Commerce, is a bonafide work carried out by him under my supervision.
The project fulfils the requirement as per the regulations of this VIT Vellore and in my opinion,
meets the necessary standards for submission. The contents of this report have not been submitted
and will not be submitted either part or in full, for the award of any other degree or diploma in this
Institute or any other Institute or University.
Place: ________________________
Date: Dr. Ramola Premalatha J
Signature)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
At the outset, we thank the Almighty God for his blessings for granting us the knowledge
and right aptitude to successfully complete my project work.
I would like to express our special gratitude and thanks to my guide Dr. Ramola
Premalatha, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce School of Social Sciences and
Languages, whose esteemed guidance and immense support encouraged me to complete the
project successfully.
My sincere gratitude lies to the Dean, Dr. K. Revathi, School of Social Sciences and
Languages, and Head of the Department of Commerce, Dr. G. Velmurugan for providing me
an opportunity to do my project work in the VIT, Vellore.
I also thank all the faculty members of the Department of Commerce and faculty of other
departments of the School of Social Sciences and Languages and the non-teaching staff for
giving us the courage and strength that we needed to achieve my goals.
My special thanks to our friends for their timely help and suggestions rendered for the
successful completion of this project.
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CONTENTS
TITLE Page
Number
Declaration i
Certificate ii
Acknowledgement iii
Contents iv
List of Figures v
List of Tables vi
Chapter I Introduction 1
References 32
Appendix 34
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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. No. Title Page
Number
1. Gender of Respondents 11
2. Age of Respondents 12
3. Qualification of Respondents 13
7. Amount of Savings 17
8. Modes of Investment 18
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LIST OF TABLES
1. Gender of Respondents 11
2. Age of Respondents 12
3. Qualification of Respondents 13
7. Amount of Savings 17
8. Modes of Investment 18
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of saving is differing among individuals. All savers are not investors. An investor is one
who invests in his/ her savings. Investment is an activity which is different from saving. Savings are
generated when a person abstain from present consumptions for a future use. Saving kept as cash are
not proffered as they do not earn anything. Hence the saver has to find a temporary for his savings until
they are required to for his future. This results in investment. The increase in the working population,
higher family incomes and consequent savings, availability of large and attractive investment
alternatives and an increase in investment related publicity have made investment a household word
and it is popular among people from all walks of life. Investment involves the employment of money
with an aim of achieving additional income or growth in number.
Investors are the backbone of any capital market. The capital market is the subsystem of the
financial system. It is a market for long term funds such as share, debenture and bonds. It brings
together the supplier and user of the capital and provides funds to industries and government, to
meet their long-term requirements. The capital market in India may be classified into organised
and unorganised capital market. The organised sector consists of individuals and corporate
investors on supply side and corporate enterprises, government and semi- government on the
demand side. The unorganised capital market consists of indigenous bankers and money lenders
who provide loan to the individual borrower.
The Indian stock market is one of the fastest growing markets. The sensitive nature of the market,
the high growth objective, the increased demand for funds and limited source open to the
corporation all suggest that both the corporation and the investors should understand the function
of the stock market. The investment climate in India is affected by the event of political, social and
economic factors and these are reflected in the volume of trading and the share price index of the
stock exchanges in India. The changed political thinking in terms of economic policies and the
consequent awareness have largely affected the investment climate.
The reform process has sent signals to a wave of changes in savings and investment behaviour adding a
new dimension to the growth of financial sector. With the increase in domestic savings and
improvement in deployment of investments through markets, the need and scope of mutual funds
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operation has increased tremendously. Mutual funds are not only best suited for the purpose but
also are capable of meeting this challenge effectively. Professional who manages are considered to
have a better knowledge of market behaviour. Another important reason is that dividend and
capital gains are reinvested automatically in mutual fund and, hence, are not frittered away. Mutual
fund also creates awareness among urban and rural middle class about the benefits of investment in
capital market through profitable and safe avenues, and are able to gather a large amount of surplus
fund available with this section. For all investors, mutual funds have provided a better investment
to all types of investors.
With a short span of time mutual fund operation has become an integral part of the Indian financial
scheme and is poised for rapid growth in the nature. The mutual fund has been remarkably resilient
over the last decade in spite of varying economic condition, and increasing competition. Today
various schemes tailored to meet the diversified needs of the saver, are being offered by many
mutual fund institutions.
The new mutual fund products launches have been many of the equity-based funds in the market,
primarily to attract investors who would like to take risk for greater risk for greater return, while
debt funds also launched during this period. The investors hesitate to invest in equity funds when
the market is down. One is ought to design mutual fund products, which shall combine an optimal
mix of return, risk, liquidity, and safety for the investors for all the category.
Mutual funds have organization structure as per the Security Exchange Board of India guideline;
Security Exchange Board of India specified authority and responsibility of Trustee and Asset
Management Companies. The objective is to controlling, to promoted, to regulate, to protect the
investors’ right and efficient trading of units. Operations of Mutual fund start with investors save
their money on mutual fund, than Mutual Fund manager handling the funds and strategic
investment on scrip. As per the objectives of particular scheme manager selected scrips. Unit value
will become high when fund manager investment policies generate the return on capital market.
Unit return depends on fund return and efficient capital market. Also affects international capital
market, liquidity and at last economic policy. Below the graph indicates how the process was going
on to investors to earn returns. Mutual fund manager having high responsibility inside of return
and how to minimize the risk. When fund provided high return with high risk, investors attract to
invest more fund for same scheme.
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The Mutual fund organization as per the SEBI formation and necessary formation is needed for
sooth activities of the companies and achieved the desire objectives. Transfer agent and custodian
play role for dematerialization of the fund and unit holders hold the account statement, but custody
of the unit is on particular Asset Management Company. Custodian holds all the fund units on
dematerialization form. Sponsor had decided the responsibility of custodian when investor to
purchase the fund and to sell the unit. Application forms, transaction slip and other requests
received by transfer agent, middle men between investors and Assts Management Companies.
I. Open-Ended. - This scheme allows investors to buy or sell units at any point in time. This
does not have a fixed maturity date
1.Debt/ Income - In a debt/income scheme, a major part of the investable funds is channelized
towards debentures, government securities, and other debt instruments. Although capital
appreciation is low (compared to the equity mutual funds), this is a relatively low risk-low
return investment avenue which is ideal for investors seeing a steady income.
2. Money Market/ Liquid - This is ideal for investors looking to utilize their surplus funds in
short term instruments while awaiting better options. These schemes invest in short-term debt
instruments and seek to provide reasonable returns for the investors.
3. Equity/ Growth - Equities are a popular mutual fund category amongst retail investors.
Although it could be a high-risk investment in the short term, investors can expect capital
appreciation in the long run. If you are at your prime earning stage and looking for long-term
benefits, growth schemes could be an ideal investment.
3.i. Index Scheme - Index schemes is a widely popular concept in the west. These follow a
passive investment strategy where your investments replicate the movements of benchmark
indices like Nifty, Sensex, etc.
3.ii. Sectoral Scheme - Sectoral funds are invested in a specific sector like infrastructure, IT,
pharmaceuticals, etc. or segments of the capital market like large caps, mid-caps, etc. This
scheme provides a relatively high risk-high return opportunity within the equity space.
3.iii. Tax Saving - As the name suggests, this scheme offers tax benefits to its investors. The
funds are invested in equities thereby offering long-term growth opportunities. Tax saving
mutual funds (called Equity Linked Savings Schemes) has a 3-year lock-in period.
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4. Balanced - This scheme allows investors to enjoy growth and income at regular intervals.
Funds are invested in both equities and fixed income securities; the proportion is pre-
determined and disclosed in the scheme related offer document. These are ideal for the
cautiously aggressive investors.
II. Closed-Ended - In India, this type of scheme has a stipulated maturity period and investors
can invest only during the initial launch period known as the NFO (New Fund Offer) period.
1. Capital Protection - The primary objective of this scheme is to safeguard the principal amount
while trying to deliver reasonable returns. These invest in high-quality fixed income securities with
marginal exposure to equities and mature along with the maturity period of the scheme.
2. Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) - FMPs, as the name suggests, are mutual fund schemes with
a defined maturity period. These schemes normally comprise of debt instruments which mature
in line with the maturity of the scheme, thereby earning through the interest component (also
called coupons) of the securities in the portfolio. FMPs are normally passively managed, i.e.
there is no active trading of debt instruments in the portfolio. The expenses which are charged
to the scheme, are hence, generally lower than actively managed schemes.
you pay a management fee as part of your expense ratio, which is used to hire a professional
portfolio manager who buys and sells stocks, bonds, etc. This is a relatively small price to pay for
help in the management of an investment portfolio.
2. Dividend Reinvestment
As dividends and other interest income is declared for the fund, it can be used to purchase
additional shares in the mutual fund, thus helping your investment grow.
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A reduced portfolio risk is achieved through the use of diversification, as most mutual funds will
invest in anywhere from 50 to 200 different securities - depending on their focus. Several index
stock mutual funds own 1,000 or more individual stock positions.
Mutual funds are common and easy to buy. They typically have low minimum investments and
they are traded only once per day at the closing net asset value (NAV). This eliminates price
fluctuation throughout the day and various arbitrage opportunities that day traders practice.
DISADVANTAGES
1. High Expense Ratios and Sales Charges
If you're not paying attention to mutual fund expense ratios and sales charges, they can get out of
hand. Be very cautious when investing in funds with expense ratios higher than 1.20%, as they will
be considered on the higher cost end. Be wary of 12b-1 advertising fees and sales charges in
general. There are several good fund companies out there that have no sales charges. Fees reduce
overall investment returns.
2. Management Abuses
churning, turnover and window dressing may happen if your manager is abusing his or her
authority. This includes unnecessary trading, excessive replacement and selling the losers prior to
quarter-end to fix the books.
3. Tax Inefficiency
Like it or not, investors do not have a choice when it comes to capital gain payouts in mutual funds.
Due to the turnover, redemptions, gains and losses in security holdings throughout the year, investors
typically receive distributions from the fund that are an uncontrollable tax event.
If you place your mutual fund trade any time before the cut-off time for same-day NAV, you'll receive
the same closing price NAV for your buy or sell on the mutual fund. For investors looking for faster
execution times, maybe because of short investment horizons, day trading, or timing the market,
mutual funds provide a weak execution strategy.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Mutual fund has attracted a lot of attention and kindled the interest of both academic and
practitioner communities. This literature review reveals some of the investors behaviour studies.
Sujith siksander and Amrit Singh (1996) carried out a survey with an objective to understand the
behaviour aspect of the investors of the northern region towards equity and mutual fund
investment portfolio. The survey revealed that the salaried and self- employed formed the major
investors in mutual funds primarily due to tax concessions. UTI and SBI schemes were popular in
that part of the country.
Madhusudhan V jambodekar (1996) conducted a study to assess the awareness of mutual funds
among investors, to identify the information sources influencing the buyer decision and factors
influencing the choice of a particular mutual fund.
Shanmugam (2001) conducted a survey of 201 individual investors to study the information
sourcing by investors, their perception of various investment decisions, and reported that
psychological and sociological factors dominated economic factors in share investment decisions.
Rajeshwari T.R and Rama Moorthy (2006) studied the financial behaviour and factors influencing
fund/scheme selection of retail investors by conducting factors analysis using principal component
analysis, to identify the investor’s fund selection criteria, so as to group them into specific market
segments for designing of the appropriate marketing strategy.
Jaspal Singh and Subhash Singh (2006) conducted a study on perception of investors towards
mutual fund and analysed the reason for withdrawal and/or not investing anymore in mutual funds.
Sharpe, William F. (1966) suggested a measure for the evaluation of portfolio performance. Drawing
on results obtained in the field of portfolio analysis, economist Jack L. Treynor has suggested a new
predictor of mutual fund performance, one that differs from virtually all those used previously by
incorporating the volatility of a fund's return in a simple yet meaningful manner.
Michael C. Jensen (1967) derived a risk-adjusted measure of portfolio performance (Jensen’s alpha)
that estimates how much a manager’s forecasting ability contributes to fund’s returns. As indicated by
Statman (2000), the e SDAR of a fund portfolio is the excess return of the portfolio over the
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return of the benchmark index, where the portfolio is leveraged to have the benchmark index’s
standard deviation.
Zakri Y.Bello (2005) matched a sample of socially responsible stock mutual funds matched to
randomly selected conventional funds of similar net assets to investigate differences in
characteristics of assets held, degree of portfolio diversification and variable effects of
diversification on investment performance. The study found that socially responsible funds do not
differ significantly from conventional funds in terms of any of these attributes. Moreover, the
effect of diversification on investment performance is not different between the two groups. Both
groups underperformed the Domini 400 Social Index and S & P 500 during the study period.
Mishra, et al., (2002) measured mutual fund performance using lower partial moment. In this
paper, measures of evaluating portfolio performance based on lower partial moment are developed.
Risk from the lower partial moment is measured by taking into account only those states in which
return is below a pre-specified “target rate” like risk-free rate.
Kshama Fernandes (2003) evaluated index fund implementation in India. In this paper, tracking
error of index funds in India is measured. The consistency and level of tracking errors obtained by
some well-run index fund suggests that it is possible to attain low levels of tracking error under
Indian conditions. At the same time, there do seem to be periods where certain index funds appear
to depart from the discipline of indexation.
S.Narayan Rao (2002) evaluated performance of Indian mutual funds in a bear market through relative
performance index, risk-return analysis, Treynor’s ratio, Sharpe’s ratio, Sharpe’s measure , Jensen’s
measure, and Fama’s measure. The study used 269 open-ended schemes (out of total schemes of 433)
for computing relative performance index. Then after excluding funds whose returns are less than risk-
free returns, 58 schemes are finally used for further analysis. The results of performance measures
suggest that most of mutual fund schemes in the sample of 58 were able to
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satisfy investor’s expectations by giving excess returns over expected returns based on both
premium for systematic risk and total risk.
Jaidev (1996) evaluated the performance of two growth oriented mutual funds (master gain and
magnum express) on the basis of monthly returns compared in benchmark returns. For that purpose,
risk adjusted performance measures suggested by jenson, treynor and hsarpe were employed. It was
found that, Mastergain had performed better according to jenson and treynor measures and on the basis
of Sharpe ratio it’s performance was not upto the benchmark. The performance of Magnum Express
was poor on the basis of all these three measures. However, Magnum Express was well diversified and
had reduced its unique risk where as Master gain did not. It can be concluded that, the two growth-
oriented funds had not performed better in terms of total risk and the funds were not offering
advantages of diversification and professionalism to the investors.
Mark Grinblatt (1989) empirically examined the Jensen Measures, the positive period weighting
measures, developed in Grinblatt and titman (1987a), measures developed from the Treynor
Mazuy (1966) quadratic regression on a sample 179 mutual funds, using a variety of benchmark
portfolios. They found that the measures generally yield similar inference when using the same
benchmark and those inferences could vary, even from the same measures, when using different
benchmarks. Several benchmarks, developed there, appeared in improve upon traditional
benchmark for assessment of fund performance. This superior benchmark consisted of sets of
portfolios formed on the basis of securities characteristics. Tests of fund performance that
employed fund characteristics, such as ne asset value, load, expenses, portfolio turnover,
management fee, and past performance were also reported. Those potentially more powerful tests
suggested that past performance and turnover were positively related to fund performance.
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CHAPTER-III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
The present study adopts a descriptive design which deals about the existing facts and phenomenon.
The population of the study is infinite, so sample of 125 investors are taken for the analysis purpose.
SAMPLE DESIGN
Population in statistics means the whole of the information which purview of statistical investigation.
Here the population is the investors of mutual fund in Vellore City in Tamilnadu.
The data is collected through primary and secondary sources. The primary data have been
collected from the respondents through the survey method using the Questionnaire and the
secondary data is collected through books, journals websites.
The study is useful to understand the investors perception towards investment in mutual funds in
Vellore City, and also it helps to know the investors motives satisfaction level to conclude that
results will be analysed and presented in a detailed way for understanding of the research. The
perception of the investment in mutual fund can be analysed with the help of the survey results.
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LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
• The sample size is limited to 125 individual investors in the City of Vellore. The sample size
may not adequate represent the national market.
• Time constrains was the biggest limitation. The project had to completed within 4 months.
• Respondents given their data based on the present status of the market, but the market is
subject to change.
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CHAPTER IV
MALE 98 78
FEMALE 27 22
TOTAL 125 100
100
80
60
40
20
0
MALE FEMALE
Interpretation:
From the study, the number of male respondents is more in number that is about 78% & the next
position has been occupied by female respondents they are about 22% of the sample so, mainly
men prefer to go for investments.
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TABLE – 2: AGE WISE CLASSIFICATION OF RESPONDENTS
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
Above 50, 23
Below 30, 71
Between 30-50,
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Interpretation
The above table reveals that the majority of the investors belong to the younger group of age i.e.
less than 30. The investors of age 30-50 are 31 in number with 24.8%. The investors of age above
50 are 23 in number with 18.4%.
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TABLE – 3: EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF THE RESPONDENTS
Other
Post graduation
Graduation
Below graduation
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Interpretation
The above table reveals that the majority 49.6% of the investors fall under that category of post
graduates followed by 28.8% of the investors fall under graduation category, and only 12% fall
under the category other like Diploma, schooling etc.,
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TABLE – 4: OCCUPATION OF THE RESPONDENTS
OCCUPATION OF THE
RESPONDENTS
100
90 86
80
70
60
50
40
30 22
20 13
10 2 2
0
Salaried Businessman Professional House wife Retired
Interpretation
According to the survey the respondents were of different occupations. Most of respondents are
from salaried category is about 68.8% of the sample. Respondents from the business are occupying
17.6%, then comes professional with 10.4%, house wife 1.6%, and retired people occupy 1.6%.
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TABLE – 5: NUMBER OF EARNING MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY
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No. of Respondents
One 30
Two 52
Three 34
Above 3 9
Interpretation
The above table reveals that 76% of the respondent’s family consist of more than one earning
member. People prefer to invest in mutual fund when their income increases.
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TABLE – 6: INCOME LEVEL OF THE INVESTORS
The income, savings and investment are closely related. Income of the investors is one of the
factors influencing in investment decision. The ability to save and depends upon the income level
of the investors. Hence, the information in respect of the income level of the respondents have
been collected and tabulated as follows.
While classifying the data the respondents who are having income of less than one lakh per annum
are considered as low income group. The people with an income between 1& 3 lakh per annum are
grouped under middle income, group and people with more than 3 lakhs per annum are grouped
under high income group.
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Interpretation
The above table reveals that 49% of respondents are belongs to the low-income group. 28% of
respondents are belongs to the middle-income group and high-income group consist of 23% of
respondents.
AMOUNT OF SAVINGS
Above 100000 7
75000- 100000 8
50000-75000 14
25000-50000 59
Less than 25000 37
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Interpretation
From the above table it is clear that around 59 respondents save RS.25000 to RS.50000 of their
annual income for mutual funds. Whereas only 7 respondents tend to save above RS.100000
for their mutual funds.
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TABLE – 8: MODES OF INVESTMENT
Bank 24
Government Bonds 12
Post office savings 26
Mutual fund 30
Shares 22
Debenture 3
Gold 8
Interpretation
The above table states that there are more number of people who invest on post office savings than
mutual funds. Whereas very less number of people invest on debentures as a mode of their
investment, as debentures is only redeemable after a certain period of time.
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TABLE – 9: INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL FUND PER ANNUM
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Less than 10000-20000 20000-30000 30000-40000 Above 40000
10000
Interpretation
As the above table shows that only 15 respondents tend to save above RS.40000, whereas around
28 respondents save RS.30000-RS.40000. But more than 30 respondents tend to save around
RS.10000-RS.20000 of their annual income as an investment in mutual fund.
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TABLE – 10: INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE
INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE
Less than 2 years 2- 4 years 4-6 years 6-8 years above 8 years
13, 11%
28, 22%
20, 16%
23, 18%
41, 33%
Interpretation
Here the above table clearly shows that there are very less number of respondents who has
experience on investment more than 8 years. Whereas 41 respondents have an experience of
around 2-4 years and 28 respondents has an experience of less than 2 years.
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TABLE – 11: INVESTMENT OPTION
INVESTMENT OPTION
Occasionally
6%
Annually
18%
Half yearly
7% Every
month
61%
Quarterly
8%
Interpretation
The above table proves that investors are majority investing every month. This shows that the
investors have realized the importance of saving on regular basis for a longer which yields a better
return.
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TABLE – 12: TIMING OF INVESTMENT
TIMING OF INVESTMENT
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Interpretation
The above table exhibits that 29 % investors coming forward to invest when market is declining
stage and 28% when new fund offer, 24% of investors invest when funds are available, 9.6% are
investing when dividend is declared.8.8% of respondents are investing when market is bullish. In
overall shows that investors highly motivated towards investment at the time of market declining
and new fund offer.
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TABLE – 13: INVESTMENT SCHEME
Equity 48
Debt fund 16
Hybrid 11
Sector Specific fund 19
Tax saving 31
INVESTMENT SCHEME
48
50
45
40 31
35
30
25 16 19
20
11
15
10
5
0
Equity Debt fund Hybrid Sector Tax saving
Specific fund
Interpretation
Here the table clearly shows that there are very less number of people who choose hybrid as their
investment scheme. And equity has around 48 respondents who tend to invest in equity as equity is
more liquidates in form than other forms of investment.
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TABLE - 14: EXPECTED RETURN OF INVESTORS
Return
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
No. Of Respondents
Equivalent to bank (8%) 6
08%- 10% 13
10%-15% 52
15%-20% 20
Above 20% 34
Equivalent to bank (8%) 08%- 10% 10%-15% 15%-20% Above 20%
Interpretation
The above table it is clear that almost all the investors expect a higher return than the bank rate
because of the risk involved. 42 percent of respondents want to earn a return from 10 to 15 percent
and 16 percent between15 to 20 percent. And 27 percent of the respondents prefer above 20%.
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TABLE - 15: SATISFACTION LEVEL
Satisfaction Level
No. Of Respondents
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Very much dissatisfied Dissatisfied Satisfied
Interpretation
The above table points out that only a 12% of the respondents are dissatisfied with their return on
investment. In other words, the majority of investors are satisfied with the return on their
investment in mutual fund.
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TABLE 16: HAVE YOU SUGGESTED OTHERS TO INVEST IN MUTUAL
FUNDS?
No 29
Interpretation
This table shows that only less number people tend or suggest others to invest in mutual funds.
Whereas around 100 respondents have suggested others to invest in mutual funds. Respondents
who have not suggested others to invest is just around 20.
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TABLE – 17
Ho- There is no association between fund preferred by the investor and income
H1- There is an association between fund preferred by the investor and income.
DF - 4
Interpretation
The result of the Chi Square suggests that there is no significant association between age and
length of the investment. So, accept the null hypothesis. So, we can conclude that there is no close
association between the age and length of the investment in mutual fund.
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TABLE – 18
DF 8
Interpretation
The result of the Chi Square suggests that there is a significant association between age and length
of the investment. So null hypothesis is rejected. So, we can conclude that there is a close
association between the age and length of the investment in mutual fund.
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TABLE - 19
DF 10
Interpretation
The result of the Chi Square suggests that there is no significant association between age and
length of the investment. So accept the null hypothesis. So, we can conclude that there is no close
association between the age and scheme preferred.
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TABLE 20
Interpretation
On analysing the table, it is clear that great significance has been attached to the fact that more number
of investors are agreeing to the fact that risk is less compared to less compared to direct investment in
capital market (4.04). then followed by diversified portfolio minimizes the risk of loss (3.98), mutual
funds are safer investments than other avenues (3.74), Investment in mutual fund are more liquid
(3.67), Mutual funds are safe investments (3.56)) Mutual fund give regular return (3.44).
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION
A Mutual fund most suitable investment for the common man as it offers an opportunity to invest
in a diversified, professionally managed basket of securities at a relatively low cost. India has a
bigger class of middle class now estimated around 300 million. A typical Indian middle-class
family can have liquid savings ranging from Rs 2 to 10 lacks today. Investments in banks are
liquid safe, but with falling rate of interest offered by bank on deposit, .it is no longer attractive.
India is one of the best market for mutual fund business, so also for insurance business. This is the
reason for that the foreign companies compete with one another for setting up insurance and
mutual fund business in India.
The alternative to mutual fund is direct investment by the investors in equities and bonds or
corporate deposit. An investment whether in share or debenture or deposit involves the risk; share
value fluctuate depending upon the performance of the company, the industry and economy at the
large. Generally, however longer the term, lesser the risk companies may default in payment of
interest/ principal on the roads, debenture or deposit, the rate of interest on investment may fall
short of the rate of inflation reducing the purchasing power. While risk cannot be eliminated, skill
full management can reduce risk. Mutual fund helps to reduce the risk by professional
management and diversification. The experience and expertise of mutual fund managers in
fundamentally sound securities and timing their purchase and sales help them to build a diversified
portfolio that minimizes risk and maximizes return.
RECOMENDATIONS
The following suggestions and recommendations are made based on the findings of the study.
• The mutual funds should focus their advertisement more on the younger investors.
• The mutual fund can high lighten the profitability aspect comparing it with the direct market
investment in their advertisement campaign in order to attract more number of new investors.
• The mutual fund can announce new schemes when the stock markets temporarily in boom
stage in order to collect more funds from the public
• Mutual fund provides a better in long term, so whenever the market declines, the benefit of the
long-term investment explained to the investors, thereby they can collect more funds
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APPENDIX
1. Name:
2. Age: a) Below 30 b)30-40 c)40-50 e) Above 50
3. Educational qualification
4.Occupation
e) Above 4 Lakh
a) Bank
b) Government Bonds
d) Mutual fund
e) Shares
f) Debenture
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g) Gold
e) above 8 years
d) Annually e) Occasionally
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a) Very much satisfied b) Very satisfied c) Satisfied d) Dissatisfied
A) Yes b) No
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