An empirical study on uae investor attitude towards investment

Mobilization of savings and leveraging of the investment in a multi-cultural environment like the UAE, remains a major policy issue. The present study, utilizing the results of an Attitude Survey, analyses the motivations of investors and their attitude towards participation across a range of investment initiatives and attempts to gain an enhanced understanding of how an individual investor uses information contained in analyst and management forecasts. The study also covers the pattern of Investor Attitude towards alternate investment opportunities, the market cycle, reasons for holding an investment portfolio, evaluative factors and perspectives concerning the attraction of private finance into the investment.