Abstract:
This study is aimed at investigating behavior of the investors concerning using investment factors and profit-making for decision to invest in each mutual fund. These factors include getting information from broker firms, public documents with invitation to invest of various firms, commission rates, drive and reasons why investors choose to invest in the mutual funds instead of earning from deposit interests or investing only some of their money in the funds. The study hopes to identify the trends or investing only some of their money in the funds. The study hopes to identify the trends and behavior of investors in putting their money in the chosen mutual funds. Data was collected from 330 samples who have already invested in the funds taken care of by agents of trust funds in Muang District, Suratthani Provence.
The result showed that the majority in the sample group have their own businesses. They are between 41-50 years of age, married and they are bachelors degree holders. These factors have clearly shown that they are successful in almost all aspects. They should be enough savings to make their investments as their monthly income ins an average of 20,001 50,000 baht per month. They are well-informed about investment choices-accepting that risks may occur and the returns will be affected by the variable risk level. All investors expect that they would earn more than they do from bank interest. Having such financial status, each person can afford to invest a certain amount following the government policy. That is all mutual funds sold to the public must follow the government guidelines: to raise fund form small investors and to offer choices of investments to all classes of people.
The study showed that investors placed financial gains as their main reason to invest in a mutual fund. The most influential factor affecting their decision was to policy or objective of a mutual fund such as further investing their profits into the Stock Market at different levels of risk depending on operation risks.
Investor confidence came from information given by employees in financial firms that acted as their brokers. The regulation issued by the Stock Exchange Committee that agents with the right to handle investment portfolios for investors must be those that have undergone IP (Investment Planner) training and are licensed to sell fund for transparency and greater efficiency in fund management. This raised confidence of investors.
WALAILAK UNIVERSITY. CENTER FOR LIBRARY RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA