1.

Investment plan:

Interpretation:

Out of 150 respondents 68% persons have some kind of investment plan.
 2.. Investor’s preferences: -

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Interpretation:

Majority of the investors likely to invest in others rather than investing in Share
market and Bank F.D.

3. Reason for choosing specific investment:

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4. Reason for not investing:

Reason No. of Respondents

Not Aware 15

Insufficient Income 20

Others 13

Interpretation:

Out of 48 people who have not invested in commodities market, 40% dont have sufficient
income to invest, 33% who have not invested due to lack of awareness about the commodity
market and 27% who have not invested is due to other reason.

5. People’s knowledge about Commodity Market: -

know Don’t Know

34 68

Interpretation:

Very few people heard of commodity market. Vast majority of people are unaware about
Commodity Market.
6. Investor’s interested to invest in Commodity Market: -

(Out of those, who know Commodity Market)

Interested Not Interested

12 8

Interpretation:

Though some people heard of commodity market due to lack of complete

knowledge about it 40% of them are not interested in investing in Commodity

Market.

7. Commodity exchange preferred by investor:

 MCX NCDEX

8 12

Name of the products No. of Investors

Bullion 7
Metals 6
Agricultural 5 Interpretation:
Fossils/Energy 2
Out of 20 investors, 60%
would prefer to invest in NCDEX and the remaining 40% would prefer to invest in MCX.

8. Commodity Market Investors Preferences:

Interpretation:
Out of 20 investors in commodity market 37% prefer to invest in bullion, 30% in metals, 20% in
agricultural products and remaining 13% in fossils/energy.
 9. Perception about Commodity Market:

Analysis of data shows that majority of people who are aware about commodity market

feel that investment in commodity market is very risky. So efforts should be done to minimize

the risk in commodity investment and make peoples about minimum risk in commodity

investment.
10. Opinion about Commodity Market Advertisements:

(Expressed by those who know commodity market)

There is no second opinion amongst commodity investors, that commodity market

advertisements do not give all the necessary information.

11.

Male Female
105 45

Interpretation:

Out of the 150 respondents 70% i.e., 105 persons are male and 30% i.e., 45 persons are female…

12. Age Group of the Investors in Chennai:

Age Group <=30 31-40 41-50 >50

No. of 25 40 37 48

investors
Interpretation:

According to this chart out of 150 people in Chennai the most are in the age group of >51yrs
i.e.,34%, the second most investors are in the age group of 31-40 yrs i.e.,28% and the least are in
the age group <=30 yrs.

13. Occupation of the Investors of Chennai:

Occupation No. of Investors

Govt. Service 28

Private Service 38

Business 30

Others 6

Interpretation:

In occupation group out of 102 investors, 40% are Pvt. Employees, 30% are Businessman, 24%
are Govt. Employees and 6% are in others….

14. Monthly Family Income of the Investors of Chennai:

 Income Group No. of Investors
<=10,000 10

10,001-20,000 30

20-001-30,000 35

>=30,000 27

Interpretation:

In the Income Group of the investors of Chennai, out of 102 investors, 35% of investors that is
the maximum investors are in the monthly income group of Rs.20,001-30,000, second one i.e.,
30% are in the monthly income group of 10,001-20,000,third one i.e., 25% are in the monthly
income group of >=30,001,the minimum investors i.e.,10% are in the income group of <=10,000.