Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007
ePaper
Google



Business
News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts:
Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary |



Business Printer Friendly Page   Send this Article to a Friend

Majority of households prefer bank deposits

Special Correspondent

KOCHI: Despite 125 years of capital market experience, 83.9 per cent of households in India still invest only in the safe and sound bank deposits, Mahesh Kumar, senior executive of the National Stock Exchange has said.

Addressing a Business Line Club programme on the SCMS campus in Kochi, he said that only 7.2 per cent of the households were investing in the capital market.

The programme was conducted in association with Geojit Financial Services Limited. Radical transformations had occurred in India’s capital market in the meanwhile.

Two decades ago, investment in equities was more for the dividend returns that they promised and then only did the incremental value of the share came in.

Annual return of 20-30 per cent through dividend was considered lucrative enough for investing in shares with a face value of Rs.10, as against investments in bank deposits which offered far lower returns.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail



Business

News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts:
Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

ICICI Bank


News Update


The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | Publications | eBooks | Images | Home |

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu