In India where and how the people make investment of their earned money is a very important decision because all investment avenues professed risky by investors. Investment refers to any mechanism used for the purpose of generating future income. The main features of investment are safety of principal amount, regular return, and liquidity. there are various avenues of investment available such as shares, bonds, debentures, gold, mutual funds, FDs etc. Indian people usually having a habit to save money for future but mostly people are not able to make appropriate investment decisions because people are not much aware about the various financial product available in market. As each financial product is unique in terms of risk and return. The objective of the research is to study the various factors that affects the choice of investment of a common man. Various research has been conducted in this area but there is scarcity of literature that shows whether people are able to make appropriate decision in regard to achievement of their investment goals and whether the performance of their selected avenues are able to meet their expectations. So this study is conducted to analyze the available literature on investment patterns to get an insights of the investment pattern of different class of people.
saving and investment, investment decisions, investment avenues, investment awareness
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