Retail investors did not benefit from wealth creation in stock market: Kotak Securities
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ket-kotak-securities/articleshow/47187102.cms
A report by Kotak Securities shows that almost 25% of the Indian stock market, comprising BSE-200 Index, is owned by foreign investors. Indian retail investors own only 7.1% of the market directly, and another 10.1% through life insurance companies and mutual funds, while this figure has not changed much over the past few years.
Ironically, Indian households have invested about $207 bn in gold over the past seven financial years, while foreign investors have invested $103 bn in India's equity market. It seems that Indians have bought foreign gold as the country imports its entire gold consumption, while foreigners have purchased the Indian equity.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ket-kotak-securities/articleshow/47187102.cms
A report by Kotak Securities shows that almost 25% of the Indian stock market, comprising BSE-200 Index, is owned by foreign investors. Indian retail investors own only 7.1% of the market directly, and another 10.1% through life insurance companies and mutual funds, while this figure has not changed much over the past few years.
Ironically, Indian households have invested about $207 bn in gold over the past seven financial years, while foreign investors have invested $103 bn in India's equity market. It seems that Indians have bought foreign gold as the country imports its entire gold consumption, while foreigners have purchased the Indian equity.
Globally, the ratio of retail participants in stock market is much much higher than what we see in India. But I'm sure as other things are taking shape and moving towards growth in India, we will see high number of retail participants in time to come... afterall we are the 2nd largest chunk of people on the face of earth.
see this video.. just to show how common ppl think about stock markets. (vid doesn't cover a lot of things but we can take it for small understanding)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxlS1iiJkGU
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