APPENDIX
QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear Respondent,
I am a final year student studying at PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore. As I
am doing my project on “Investors preference towards portfolio management” I
would be grateful, if you share your investment decisions towards portfolio
management.
Your kind co-operation is solicited…
Name:
1) Age
a) 20-30 b) 31-40
c) 41-50 d) Above 50
2) Gender
a) Male b) Female
3) Educational qualification
a) High School b) Under Graduate
c) Post Graduate d) Others
4) Occupation
a) Entrepreneur b) Working c) Professional
d) Retired e) House wife f) Others____________
5) Annual income (per annum)
a) Below 1,00,000 b) 1,00,000-5,00,000
c) 5,00,000-10,00,000 d) Above 10,00,000
6) Given 100% as aggregate, what percentage do you allocate for the following
avenues?
(a) Cash Market _______
(b) Futures _______
(c) Options _______
(d) Commodities _______
(e) Stocks and Shares _______
(f) Bonds _______
(g) Gold _______
(h) Real estate _______
(i) Mutual Funds _______
7) How did you come to know about portfolio investments?
a) Brokerage firms b) investor friends & relatives
c) Advertising & hoardings d) banks e) self analysis
8) What is your investment time horizon?
a) Less than 1 year b) 1-2 years
c) 2-4 years d) Above 5 years
9) What is your principal source of income?
a) Self employed / investment portfolio b) Pension / other
c) Employment
10) How much return do you require from your investment portfolio?
a) 2%-5% b) 6%-8% c) 8%-10%
d) 10%-15% e) Above 15% f) None
11) How much percentage of your income do you save?
a) Less than 10% b) 11% - 30%
c) 31% - 50% d) Above 50%
12) What percentage of your income do you invest in your portfolio?
a) Below 5% b) 5 – 10 %
c) 10 – 20% d) Above 20%
13) Please indicate your preference on the following investment avenues
Categories Highly Favorable Unfavorable Highly
Favorable Unfavorable
Cash Market
Futures
Options
Commodities
Stocks and Shares
Bonds
Gold
Real estate
Mutual Funds
14) In the past when equity market declined
a) I sold my stocks and have not bought b) I did not worry
c) I was concerned, but held my stocks d) I purchased more equities
15) Which risk is of most concern in your operation?
a) Credit Risk b) Market Risk
c) Legal Risk d) Operation Risk
16) Do you expect to make contributions to risky portfolio over your Investment time
horizon?
a) Yes b) No
17) If yes, please explain when and how much you plan to
Contribute: __________________________________
18) Do you expect to withdraw large sums of money from risky portfolio over your
investment time horizon?
a) Yes b) No
19) If yes, please explain when and how much you plan to
Withdraw: __________________________________
20) To what extent do you agree or disagree with the benefits incurred through
investments
Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
Safety and
security
Tax purpose
Better return
Liquidity
Less risk
Capital
preservation