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A STUDY ON INVESTORS PREFERENCEON VARIOUS INVESTMENT AVENUES

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TORAMAPURAM GRAMAPANCHAYATH

PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO MAHATMAGANDHI UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THEREQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE

DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF COMMERCESubmitted By

JEFFIN JOSEPH

Reg. No. !"!#

JEFFY AUGUSTINE

Reg. No. $ !"!!JINIL JOSEPH

Reg. No. $ !"!%

Under the guidance of

M&. 'ALA S( M.Co)

Lecturer-Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce

MAR AUGUSTHINOSE COLLEGE

*Aliated to Mahatma Gandhi Univerity+

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!amapuram-"#"$%"

March &'()

MAR AUGUSTHINOSE COLLEGE

RAMAPURAM( 'ERALA $ ,-,%,

CERTIFICATE

*hi i to certify that the pro+ect ,or entitled

A STUDY ON INVESTORS PREFERENCE ONVARIOUS INVESTMENT AVENUES WITHSPECIAL REFERENCE TO RAMAPURAMGRAMA PANCHAYATH i the bona.de ,ordone by /01123 /4S0567 /0118 AUGUS*230 A3D

/232L /4S056 under my guidance7 in partialful.llment of their i9th emeter re:uirement forthe a,ard of the degree Bachelor of Commerce ofMahatma Gandhi Univerity;

Counterigned by7

M/. Jo&e Jo&e01M&. '232 S

6ead of the Department5ro+ect Guide of CommerceDepartment of commerce

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09ternal valuation conducted one the variouinvetment avenue7 .nd out invetor preference7ri taing capacity7 and perception regardingreturn from invetment among invetor in!amapuram Gramapanchayath;

*he problem under tudy i tated a A

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&; *o tudy preference of the invetor;

; *o tudy the ri taing capacity of invetor;

); *o no, about the invetor motive behind

invetment;

$; *o no, invetor perception regarding return

from invetment;

"; *o .nd out ,hich invetment avenue i

motly preferred by the invetor;

PERIOD OF STUDY

5eriod of tudy i from December &'( toMarch &'()

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Primary data*he tudy i mainly baed on primary data;

5rimary data arecollected through :uetionnaire and peronalintervie,;

Se!"dary data

Secondary data ,a ued to upplement andupport the .nding a ,ell a to developtheoretical frame,or of the tudy; Secondary

data are collected from publihed report7 boo7dailie and periodical;Sam#$e %i&e

*he ,hole number of ample unit on ,hich urveyi conducted i no,n a ample i>e; 2t conitof $' repondent.

Sam#$e '"it

A ingle ection elected to reearch andgather tatitic of the ,hole i called ample unit;

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2n thi tudy7 an invetor in the !amapuramGramapanchayath i a ample unit;

Sam#$i"( met)!d1or the purpoe of the tudy7 imple random

ampling method ,a adopted;

TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS

All data collected are tabulated7 o a tofacilitate analyi; Collected data have beenanaly>ed ,ith the help of imple tatitical toollie percentage7 table7 graph7 etc;

Pere"ta(eIn mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio

expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the

percent sign, %.

Ta*$e

A table presents the data as table of rows and columns,

and is used to see details and compare values.

Gra#)

A graph is a visual wa to ma!e comparison between two

or more sets of information.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

(; *he tudy ,a baed on the opinion given

by the repondent; *he attitude of the

repondent may liely to change according

to their vie,;

&; Limited number of repondent i another

limitation;; *ime conuming proce;

CHAPTER SCHEME

C)a#ter 1+ I"tr!d'ti!"

*hi chapter include the tatement of the

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problem7 igni.cance of the tudy7 ob+ective ofthe tudy7 period of tudy7 data and methodology7

tool of analyi and limitation of the tudy;

C)a#ter ,+ Re-ie. !/ $iterat're

2t include meaning and de.nition ofinvetment7 factor inuencing invetmentdeciion7 importance of invetment7 invetmentob+ective and invetment avenue;

C)a#ter 0+ A"a$y%i% !/ data*hi chapter include the analyi of primary

data ,hich include analyi and interpretation ofdata ,here data i being preented in table and.gure;

C)a#ter + Fi"di"(%2 %'((e%ti!"% a"d !"$'%i!"%

*hi chapter include .nding7 uggetionand concluion;

CHAPTER ,

REVIE3 OF LITERATURE

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CHAPTER ,

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

MEANING OF INVESTMENTInvestment is a conscious act of an individual or an entit that

involves deploment of mone in securities or assets issued ban financial institution with a view to obtain the target returns

over a specified period of time. Investment avenues are the

sectors in which people prefer for their investment.DEFINITIONS

H5urchae of a .nancial aet that produce ayield that i proportionate to the ri aumedover ome future invetment periodI; J 1;Amling;H2nvetment i acri.ce of certain preent value

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for ome future invetment periodI; J SharpeFACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTMENT

DECISIONS"he following are the important factors normall influencing

the investment decisions.

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