The use of financial information in stock exchange decision making investment in Tanzania: A case of Iringa region
The use of financial information in deciding to invest wisely is crucial in all undertakings of investment ventures. This article presents the research findings on the use of financial information in Tanzania a case of Iringa region. The study was conducted to find out whether investors of stock exchange do consider financial information when deciding to invest Mixed methodology of data collections strategies was used in the study. However,questionnaire was the prominent collection strategy. Correlation and descriptive methods were used in the analysis of the data. The study applied purposeful sampling methodology and was stratified into three categories: Small Investors (SI),Medium Investors (MI),and Large Investors (LI). The findings revealed three propositions. 1) That the use of financial information assimilated a direct relationship with the level of investment 2) That small investors realized poor use of financial information compared to other groups of investors. 3) That large investors indicated that they were more sensitive to the use financial information when deciding to invest than other groups of investors. Generally it was found that only 12 percent of all investors use/consider financial information when deciding to invest.
Stock exchange investors financial information
A.S. Norman
Tumaini University,Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Iringa University College P.O. BOX 200,Iringa,Tanzania
国际会议
The Tenth Wuhan International Conference on E-Business(第十届武汉电子商务国际会议)
成都
英文
843-853
2011-05-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）