Chuck Bao
6/14/2008, 07:29 PM
I just released the results and commentary on my quarterly online questionnaire for Thai stock market investors.
Since Wall Street has been gyrating so wildly, I think it would be interesting to see the stock market perceptions on this board.
It would also be interesting in the context of the “class warfare salvo?” thread. Middle America does invest in the stock market, right?
I know a lot of Americans invest through professionally-managed funds and that, in my opinion, is a good thing. So if you do, just pretend that you are a fund manager of one of your funds when answering the questionnaire. Or, even if you don’t invest, it would still be interesting to see your opinion.
I’ve changed the wording on some of the questions so that it would apply to the US. The results of my Thai survey are pasted on at the bottom of this post, for those of you that may be interested.
I’ll tally up the scores here if enough people respond. Sorry this isn’t in poll form. Just copy the question and answer with A, B, C, etc.
1. How confident are you of getting a satisfactory return on your stock market investments this year?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
2. Would you categorize yourself as a “momentum investor” (following the flow of money into and out of the market) or a “value investor” (investing on long-term valuations with the view that share prices will eventually reflect the true underlying fundamentals)?
A) Momentum investor
B) Value investor
C) A bit of both
D) Not either
3. Do you occasionally buy shares for dividend yield? If so, what percentage of your investment portfolio would you consider long-term dividend yield stocks?
A) 50-100%
B) 30-50%
C) Less than 30%
D) I never buy shares for dividend yield
4. How often do you buy or sell shares per month?
A) More than 50 share transactions
B) 30-50 share transactions
C) 10-30 share transactions
D) Less than 10 transactions
5. How would you describe yourself in a risk – return profile?
A) Seek high returns and willing to bear higher risks
B) Seek a balance of risk and return with two separate stock portfolios – one for investment and one for trading
C) Prefer low risk and willing to accept a lower, but still stable return
6. Your stock purchase decisions are primarily based on which of the following: (rank in order)
A) Company information
B) Technical research
C) Fundamental research
D) News or rumours
E) Marketing officers’ recommendations
F) Own trading strategy
7. What is the biggest difficulty that you have in investing in the stock market?
A) Lack of quality investment advice
B) Lack of timely and reliable market information
C) Too time-consuming to keep up with various factors affecting share prices
8. How many years have you been investing in the stock market?
A) less than one year
B) 1-3 years
C) 4-10 years
D) more than 10 years
9. What is your biggest concern this year?
A) Economic slowdown
B) Uncertain future government policy
C) The weakening dollar and the international fund flow out of dollar assets
D) Poor corporate earnings
E) Higher oil prices and resulting inflationary pressure
10. In a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest score, how would you rate the government’s handling of the economy?
A) 9-10
B) 6-8
C) 3-5
D) under 3
11. How confident are you that the US is on the right track in attracting new investment?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
12.How confident are you that the economic situation will improve in 12 months?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
http://img5.ranchoweb.com/images/kanunu/stockmarketpolljun08gs.jpg
Since Wall Street has been gyrating so wildly, I think it would be interesting to see the stock market perceptions on this board.
It would also be interesting in the context of the “class warfare salvo?” thread. Middle America does invest in the stock market, right?
I know a lot of Americans invest through professionally-managed funds and that, in my opinion, is a good thing. So if you do, just pretend that you are a fund manager of one of your funds when answering the questionnaire. Or, even if you don’t invest, it would still be interesting to see your opinion.
I’ve changed the wording on some of the questions so that it would apply to the US. The results of my Thai survey are pasted on at the bottom of this post, for those of you that may be interested.
I’ll tally up the scores here if enough people respond. Sorry this isn’t in poll form. Just copy the question and answer with A, B, C, etc.
1. How confident are you of getting a satisfactory return on your stock market investments this year?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
2. Would you categorize yourself as a “momentum investor” (following the flow of money into and out of the market) or a “value investor” (investing on long-term valuations with the view that share prices will eventually reflect the true underlying fundamentals)?
A) Momentum investor
B) Value investor
C) A bit of both
D) Not either
3. Do you occasionally buy shares for dividend yield? If so, what percentage of your investment portfolio would you consider long-term dividend yield stocks?
A) 50-100%
B) 30-50%
C) Less than 30%
D) I never buy shares for dividend yield
4. How often do you buy or sell shares per month?
A) More than 50 share transactions
B) 30-50 share transactions
C) 10-30 share transactions
D) Less than 10 transactions
5. How would you describe yourself in a risk – return profile?
A) Seek high returns and willing to bear higher risks
B) Seek a balance of risk and return with two separate stock portfolios – one for investment and one for trading
C) Prefer low risk and willing to accept a lower, but still stable return
6. Your stock purchase decisions are primarily based on which of the following: (rank in order)
A) Company information
B) Technical research
C) Fundamental research
D) News or rumours
E) Marketing officers’ recommendations
F) Own trading strategy
7. What is the biggest difficulty that you have in investing in the stock market?
A) Lack of quality investment advice
B) Lack of timely and reliable market information
C) Too time-consuming to keep up with various factors affecting share prices
8. How many years have you been investing in the stock market?
A) less than one year
B) 1-3 years
C) 4-10 years
D) more than 10 years
9. What is your biggest concern this year?
A) Economic slowdown
B) Uncertain future government policy
C) The weakening dollar and the international fund flow out of dollar assets
D) Poor corporate earnings
E) Higher oil prices and resulting inflationary pressure
10. In a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest score, how would you rate the government’s handling of the economy?
A) 9-10
B) 6-8
C) 3-5
D) under 3
11. How confident are you that the US is on the right track in attracting new investment?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
12.How confident are you that the economic situation will improve in 12 months?
A) Very confident
B) Slightly confident
C) Not confident at all
http://img5.ranchoweb.com/images/kanunu/stockmarketpolljun08gs.jpg