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Chong, Tun Pin and Lai, Ming Ming (2011) An empirical evidence of factors in equity selection process in Malaysia. African Journal of Business Management, 5 (15). pp. 6221-6232. ISSN 1993-8233

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Abstract

This paper examined the factors influencing equity selection process and its association with expected and actual return. This study incorporated neutral information, accounting information, social relevance and advocates’ recommendations. A total of 199 usable questionnaires were collected by using snowball and convenience sampling. Descriptive study, factor analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression were applied. The results showed that neutral information appeared to the most important factor for Malaysian investors, followed by accounting information, social relevance and advocates’ recommendations in equity selection process. Neutral information was positively correlated while accounting information was negatively correlated with expected return. Social relevance factor was found significant for female investors in their investment decision compared to male investors. As for stock market experience perspective, investors with 5 to 10 and 15 to 20 years’ experience highly utilized accounting information in assisting their investment decision and investors with more than 20 years of experience were least likely to use accounting information. The study concluded that investment decisions of investors could be affected with diverse variables and they did not rely on a single integrated factor.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2014 04:21
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2014 04:21
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/5175

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