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- From: peco1805@altair.selu.edu
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Repost: Survey of Individual Investor
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.112308.1079@altair.selu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 11:23:08 -0600
- Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University
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- Hi!
- After the posting of this survey last week, we have gotten so many responses.
- Thank all you guys! Some people may miss the posting, so we post it again.
- Thank you so much for all your time.
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- Survey of individual investor
-
- This survey is based on the belief that the market trend is
- shaped by the market crowd's psychological expectation. When most of
- the people in the market believe the market will go up, then the
- market does go up. If they believe the market will go down, the
- market will go down. We can say the market is built on our
- expectation. Thus, a better understanding of individual investor
- behavior will assist to better understand market. We would
- appreciate it very much if you could take few minutes to answer the
- following questionnaire and send it back to us at
- PECO1805@SELU.EDU. A general result report of this survey will be
- posted on this newsgroup. Anyone who want the detail report please
- state in the end of questionnaire, we will send it to you.
- Please mark your choices INSIDE the bracket [ ]. If you are
- not a current player in stock market, please assume you are a real
- player and use the knowledge you have to answer the questions.
- Any corrections and recommendations are welcome.
- Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
-
- [ ]
- 1) Your investment goal is:
- a) enhancing current income
- b) saving for major expenditures
- c) accumulating retirement funds
- d) sheltering income from taxes
- e) other; please specify ___________
-
- [ ]
- 2) You think you are a:
- a) short-term investor
- b) middle-term investor
- c) long-term investor
-
- 3) Usually, how long do you hold the stock from buying to
- selling? ______
-
- [ ]
- 4) When you predict the trend of stock price, with what time
- period are you mostly concerned?
- a) in one week
- b) in one month
- c) in 3 months
- d) in 6 months
- e) in one year
- f) in 3 years
- g) more than 3 years
-
- [ ]
- 5) You think you are a/an:
- a) investor
- b) speculator
-
- [ ]
- 6) Which kind of stock do you prefer:
- a) beta <= 1
- b) 1 < beta <= 2
- c) beta > 2
-
- [ ]
- 7) Under the "value line" safety grade(1 highest to 5 lowest),
- usually, what kind of stock do you like to pick up:
- a) grade = 1
- b) grade = 2
- c) grade = 3
- d) grade = 4
- e) grade = 5
-
- [ ]
- 8) Do you use margin?
- a) never
- b) sometimes
- c) often
- d) always
-
- [ ]
- 9) Do you use short selling? Yes/No
-
- [ ]
- 10) You are more concerned about:
- a) dividend
- b) capital gain
-
- [ ]
- 11) You think you are a:
- a) fundamentist
- b) chartist (technical analyst)
- c) both
- d) none of them, but other (please state)______________
-
- 12) Please rank the following factors according to the level you
- think that would affect the stock market, from highest to
- lowest.
- a) interest rate
- b) exchange rate
- c) inflation index
- d) company's operation report
-
- Highest Lowest
- __ __ __ __
-
- [ ]
- 13) You like a stock with:
- a) high P/E (compare to the market or industry)
- b) low P/E (compare to the market or industry)
- c) I don't care
-
- [ ]
- 14) You had finished the homework for stock AAA and found out it
- was good and was cheap at $10. But due to some reason you
- missed the buy time. As the price go up, you have been
- reducing your willness to buy. What is the highest price
- that you totally don't want to buy.
- a) $11 (up 10%)
- b) $12 (up 20%)
- c) $13 (up 30%)
- d) $15 (up 50%)
- e) $20 or over (up 100% or higher)
-
- [ ]
- 15) You had finished the homework for stock BBB and found out it
- was good at $10. But the price was going down. Assumed that,
- the deeper the drop, the lower the possibility of contiuning
- drop, and the higher the possibility of turnaround to go up.
- (If you don't buy it at $9 today, it may go up to $11
- tomorrow, but of course, it may also go down to $7
- tomorrow). When will you most likely buy this stock?
- a) buy, till it drop to $9 (down 10%)
- b) buy, till it drop to $8 (down 20%)
- c) buy, till it drop to $7 (down 30%)
- d) buy, till it drop to $5 (down 50%)
-
- [ ]
- 16) Assume you believe the stock market is a "random walker",
- and you have stock in hand. When will you most likely
- sell your stock?
- a) sell if you have 10% gain(compared to the price when you
- buy)
- b) sell if you have 20% gain
- c) sell if you have 30% gain
- d) sell if you have 50% gain
- e) sell if you have 100% gain
-
- [ ]
- 17) Do you have a "stop loss" limit for your stock? Yes/No
-
- [ ]
- 18) If you have a "stop loss" limit for your stock, what is this
- limit?
- a) sell if 10% loss
- b) sell if 20% loss
- c) sell if 30% loss
- d) sell if 50% or more loss
- [ ]
- 19) If you don't have a "stop loss" limit, how long will you
- like to wait for the recovery? (Ex. wait one year for
- recovery, if fail, sell it no matter what price it is.)
- a) one month or less
- b) three months
- c) six months
- d) one year
- e) three years
- f) more than three years
-
- [ ]
- 20) Assume you buy a stock at $50, after a long time (you feel)
- drop, and a long time waiting, the stock price finally goes
- back to $50, you are not sure if the price will still go up
- or not, you will like to
- a) keep holding it
- b) sell it to break even (ignored the transaction cost)
-
- [ ]
- 21) Assume in the above situation, you choose to hold the stock
- and then the price goes down. You keep waiting till the
- price go back to $50 again. This time, you will like to
- a) keep holding it
- b) sell it to break even (ignored the transaction cost)
-
- [ ]
- 22) If the same situation happen third time, what will you most
- likely do?
- a) keep holding it
- b) sell it to break even (ignored the transaction cost)
-
- [ ]
- 23) You bought a stock at $50, and then the price went up. But
- you didn't sell it at peak. Now the price come down to $50.
- What will you most likely do?
- a) keep holding it
- b) sell it to break even (ignored the transaction cost)
-
- [ ]
- 24) Assume that you are holding a favorite stock that you bought
- at $100 per share and you believe this stock is worth
- holding. Now the price is going down, will you like to buy
- more to reduce your cost. (for example, now the price is
- $50, if you buy same shares as you bought before, your cost
- per share would be $75)
- Yes/No
-
- [ ]
- 25) If you answer Yes in above question, when will you most
- likely begin buying more.
- a) after the price drop 10%
- b) after the price drop 20%
- c) after the price drop 30%
- d) after the price drop 50% or more
-
- [ ]
- 26) Do you have a favorite industry? Yes/No
-
- 27) If yes, what is it?____________
-
- [ ]
- 28) What kind of brokers do you have or you want to have?
- a) full-service broker
- b) discount broker
-
- [ ]
- 29) Please check the following sources of information about
- investments you regularly use, if any.
- 1) Personal advice of your broker(s)
- 2) Brokerage newsletters
- 3) Brokerage research reports
- 4) Investment advisory service(s)
- 5) Conversations with other investors
- 6) Your own study and intuition
- 7) None of these
- 8) Other (please specify) ___________
-
- [ ]
- 30) Do you believe the S&P stock appreciation ranking stars?
- a) Yes, I always depend on it to buy and sell.
- b) I would use it as a reference, sometimes I do follow it.
- c) It may be OK, but I think it is too late to
- follow it to catch the market.
- d) I never believe it.
-
- 31) How active are you as a investor? How many transactions
- did you have in last year? _____
-
- 32) What is your age? _____
-
- [ ]
- 33) You are a:
- a) male
- b) female
-
- 34) What is your approximate total annual income? _______
-
- 35) What was your total annual rate of return on capital from
- stock market last year? _______
-
- 36) How much money did you put in stock market last year? ______
-
-