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A Study on Factors Involving the Usage of Social Media on Investment Decision Making with Reference to Investors of Selected Stock Broking Houses in Coimbatore


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1 Department of Management, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore - 641004, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Objectives: Nowadays, with the rise of social media, there is possible to get a faster, more talented way of gathering data to persuade investors’ judgements. Hence, this study is trying to analyse the factors, namely Company news, Industry performance, Market updates, Economic factors and Investor sentiment which persuading the social media usage among the equity investors in Coimbatore District, Tami Nadu, India.

Research Methods: For this study, 100 investors who invest in the share market are selected by using stratified proportionate random sampling method. Self designed questionnaire is used to collect the primary data. The collected data has been evaluated with Percentage Analysis, Weighted Average Rank Analysis, Multiple Response Analysis, Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.

Findings/Results: Out of the five independent variables, Company News, Economic Factors and Investor Sentiment have much influenced the dependent variable Investment decision making as it is statistically significant at the 5% level. Finally, the result of the study shows that social media helps to acquire timely information and gain knowledge which helps to formulate better decision by the investors.

Conclusion/Suggestions: Stock broking firms should take appropriate steps to improve the security system of social media to make investors use it effectively. This study helps the stock broker to make the valuable communication with investors, implementation of innovative technology and to promote other financial products.


Keywords

Social Media, Share Market, Equity Investor, Investment Decision Making.
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  • A Study on Factors Involving the Usage of Social Media on Investment Decision Making with Reference to Investors of Selected Stock Broking Houses in Coimbatore

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Authors

S. Kavitha
Department of Management, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore - 641004, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Bhuvaneswari
Department of Management, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore - 641004, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Objectives: Nowadays, with the rise of social media, there is possible to get a faster, more talented way of gathering data to persuade investors’ judgements. Hence, this study is trying to analyse the factors, namely Company news, Industry performance, Market updates, Economic factors and Investor sentiment which persuading the social media usage among the equity investors in Coimbatore District, Tami Nadu, India.

Research Methods: For this study, 100 investors who invest in the share market are selected by using stratified proportionate random sampling method. Self designed questionnaire is used to collect the primary data. The collected data has been evaluated with Percentage Analysis, Weighted Average Rank Analysis, Multiple Response Analysis, Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.

Findings/Results: Out of the five independent variables, Company News, Economic Factors and Investor Sentiment have much influenced the dependent variable Investment decision making as it is statistically significant at the 5% level. Finally, the result of the study shows that social media helps to acquire timely information and gain knowledge which helps to formulate better decision by the investors.

Conclusion/Suggestions: Stock broking firms should take appropriate steps to improve the security system of social media to make investors use it effectively. This study helps the stock broker to make the valuable communication with investors, implementation of innovative technology and to promote other financial products.


Keywords


Social Media, Share Market, Equity Investor, Investment Decision Making.

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