A study on investor investment objectives for investing in volatile market Ahmed Kafeel*, Dr. Iqbal Javed** *Research Scholar, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, India, kafeel786123@rediffmail.com **Assistant Professor, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, India, javedkasana@gmail.com Online published on 17 July, 2017. Abstract Investment in Indian capital market is associated with risk as investor in uncertain about amount and timing of income generated from the assets. Fluctuations/variability is common feature of Indian stock market as number of factors affect and are responsible for rise and fall in market. Inspite of the volatile nature of the Indian stock market there is significant number of investor who are investing in stock market as there is also probability of high returns. The thumb rule is if you want to generate more return, you have to take high risk. It is generally assumed that in order to earn high return investor has to take more risk as risk and return have linear relationship. Moreover, in volatile marketable undervalued securities are frequently available and if investor picks these at appropriate time he/she will derive above average returns. Moreover, different investors have different investment motives for investing in volatile market. Some wish to get higher returns, some invest because of liquidity, some for tax purpose etc. The researcher has attempted to study investment objectives of the investor and in order to achieve the objectives strategy used by the investors to achieve the desired results. Top Keywords Stock market, volatility, investment objective, investment strategy, and high returns. Top |