Investors’ Behavior and Investment pattern of financial market

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze the investors behavior and investment pattern of financial market in Haryana.  The data was collected through structured questionnaire to 400 peoples working in different sectors of Haryana. It was found from the analysis that there is exists a relationship between investors behavior and their investment pattern of financial market. Investment portfolio can be viewed as portfolio of different financial instruments like shares, mutual funds, bank deposits, gold, and real estate. These investments can be viewed as portfolio of investments in different economic sectors such as IT, banking, infrastructure etc. The selection of such investment portfolio is based on its duration, size and kind of the financial market they are served: Primary market, secondary or both. Additionally the most important factor regarding investment is the objectives of investors while investing. Some people might invest for their childrens education, marriage or for buying a house whereas many others invest in certain instruments just to avoid excessive taxes. Frequency analysis has been done in order to identify the count on the options opted by the investors. Further the ANOVA test was applied to determine the differences between groups of investors this analysis has been further plotted in form of bar plot and pie chart for the easy understanding of the readers.