A study on attitudinal behaviour of active market participants towards selection of portfolio in Karur, Tamilnadu

Abstract

The research area is a study on the attitudinal behaviour of the active market participants in the Karur city with special emphasis towards the selection of their portfolio. The term “active market participants†denotes the people who are engaged in trading for a minimum of two times in a month. The active market participants were classified into high self-monitors and low self-monitors. The study covered the attitudinal behavior in the selection of portfolio, perception of the market participants about stocks etc., High self monitoring investors take more time to decide on the investment and trading of stocks. Findings and suggestions certainly would be useful to investors. Various Statistical tools were used for analysis.