A Study On Comparstive Study On Today'S Youth With Regards To Mutual Fund and Share Market Investment A Project Submitted
A Study On Comparstive Study On Today'S Youth With Regards To Mutual Fund and Share Market Investment A Project Submitted
A Study On Comparstive Study On Today'S Youth With Regards To Mutual Fund and Share Market Investment A Project Submitted
PARTIAL COMPLETION OF
THE
DEGREE OF
BY
April 2020
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that MR. AJAY MATHURBHAI VADHER has worked and
duly completed his project work for the degree of Bachelor in Commerce
PEREIRA.
I further certify that the entire work has been done by the learner under my
guidance and that no part of it has been submitted previously for any Degree or
It is his own work and facts reported by her/his personal findings and
investigations.
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Date of Submission:
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research work and has not been previously submitted to any other University for
Wherever reference has been made to previous work of others, it has been clearly
I, here by further declare that all information of this document has been obtained
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To list who all have helped me is difficult because they are so numerous and the
depth is so enormous.
I would like to acknowledge the following as being idealistic channels and fresh
di-mensions in the completion of this project.
I take this opportunity to thank the University of Mumbai for giving me chance to
do this project.
I would like to thank my Principal, Dr. L. BHUSHAN for providing the necessary
facilities required for completion of this project.
I take this opportunity to thank our Coordinator, Dr. VAIBHAV. R. ASHAR for
his moral support and guidance.
I would also like to express my sincere gratitude towards my project guide, MRS.
NICOLE PEREIRA whose guidance and care made the project successful.
I would like to thank my College Library, for having provided various reference
books and magazines related to my project.
Lastly, I would like to thank each and every person who directly or indirectly
helped me in the completion of the project especially my Parents and Peers who
supported.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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CHAPTER. CONTENT
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Introduction
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Objective
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Important and significance of study
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Review of Literature
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Hypothesis
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Research Methodology
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Data Analysis and Interpretation
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Suggestion, Finding, Conclusion
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Bibliography
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CHAPTER-1 : INTRODUCTION
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Business combinations which may take forms merger, acquisition, amalgamation and
takeovers are important features of corporate structural changes. They have played an
important role in the financial and economic growth of a firm. The merger of Vodafone
more may merger with an existing company or they may merge to from a new
company. Laws in India use the term amalgamation for merger. For example, section
2(1A) of the income tax,1961 defines amalgamation as the merger of one or more
companies with another company or the merger of two or more companies (called
company) in such a way that all assets and liabilities of the amalgamated company and
shareholders holding not less than nine-tenths in value of the share in the amalgamating
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Absorption:
except one lose their identity in merger through absorption. The merger of Tata oil mills
Consolidation:
this form of merger, all companies are legally dissolved and a new entity is created. In
consolidation ,the acquired company transfers its assets, liabilities and shares to the
Acquisition:
consolidation) is that the acquiring company (existing or new) takes over the ownership
of other companies and combine their operations with its own operations. In an
acquisition two or more companies may remain independent, separate legal entity, but
there may be change in control of companies. Hindustan lever limited buying brands of
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Takeover:
company by another. Under the monopolies and restrictive trade practices act, takeover
means acquisition of not less than 25% of the voting power in a company. if a company
wants to invest in more than 10% of the subscribe capital of another company, it has to be
approved in the shareholders general meeting and also by the central government .the
investment in share of another companies in excess of 10% of the subscribed capital can
Demerger :
This occurs in cases where dissimilar business are carried on within the same
company, thus becoming unwieldy and cyclical almost resulting in a loss situation.
Company, thus becoming unwieldy and cyclical almost resulting in a loss situation.
part from core competencies being main reason for demerging companies according to
their nature of business, in some cases, restructuring in the form of demerger was
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undertaken for splitting up the family owned large business empires into smaller
companies. The historical demerger of DCM group where it split into four companies.
( DCM Ltd. , DCM Shriram Industries Ltd. ) is one example of family units splitting
through demergers.
Reverse Merger :
Healthy company. However in some cases, reverse merger is done. When a healthy
company mergers with a sick a small company is called reverser merger. This may be for
a) The transferee company is a sick company and has carry forward losses and
with the sick transferee company. It gets advantage of setting off carry forward
losses without Any conditions. If sick company merges with health company.
Company merges with the listed company, it gets advantages of listed company,
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For example Godrej soaps Ltd. (GSL) with pre merger turnover of 436.77 crores
entered into scheme of reverse merger with loss making Gujarat Godrej innovative
Chemicals Ltd. (GGICL) (with pre merger turnover of Rs. 60 crores) in 1994.
What’s Although they are often uttered in the same breath and used as though they
were synonymous, the terms merger and acquisition mean slightly different things.
A merger occurs when two separate entities (usually of comparable size) combine
forces to create a new, joint organization in which – theoretically – both are equal
partners. For example, both Daimler-Benz and Chrysler ceased to exist when the two
An acquisition refers to the purchase of one entity by another (usually, a smaller firm
by a larger one). A new company does not emerge from an acquisition; rather, the
acquired company, or target firm, is often consumed and ceases to exist, and its
the target firm shows resistance to being bought. For this reason, many acquiring
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Legally speaking, a merger requires two companies to consolidate into a new entity
with a new ownership and management structure (ostensibly with members of each
firm). An acquisition takes place when one company takes over all of the operational
friendly mergers of equals d o not take place very frequently. It's uncommon that
two companies would benefit from combining forces and two different CEO's agree
to give up some authority to realize those benefits. When this does happen, the
stocks of both companies are surrendered and new stocks are issued under the name
Since mergers are so uncommon and takeovers are viewed in a derogatory light, the
two terms have become increasingly conflated and used in conjunction with one The
The practical differences between the two terms are slowly being eroded by the new
definition of M&A deals. In other words, the real difference lies in how the purchase
employees and shareholders. The public relations backlash for hostile takeovers can
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be damaging to the acquiring .The victims of hostile acquisitions are often forced to
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Motive Behind The Merger
1. Growth : One of the fundamental motives that entice mergers is impulsive growth.
Organizations that intend to expand need to choose between organic growth and
acquisitions driven growth. Since the former is very slow, steady and relatively consumes
more time the latter is preferred by firms which are dynamic and ready to capitalize on
2. Synergy : Synergy is a phenomenon where 2 + 2 2>5. This translates into the ability
of a business combination to be more profitable than the sum of the profits of the
individual firms that were combined. It may be in the form of revenue enhancement or
cost reduction.
3. Managerial Efficiency : Some acquisitions are motivated by the belief that the
acquires management can better manage the target's resources. In such cases, the value
of the target firm will rise under the management control of the acquirer
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4. Strategic : The strategic reasons could differ on a case-to-case basis and a deal to the
other. At times, if the two firms have complimentary business interests, mergers may
5.Market entry: Firms that are cash rich use acquisition as a strategy to enter into new
6.Tax shields: This plays a significant role in acquisition if the distressed firm has
accumulated losses and unclaimed depreciation benefits on their books. Such acquisitions
can eliminate the acquiring firm's liability by benefiting from a merger with these firms.
7.Resource transfer: Resources are unevenly distributed across firms (Barney, 1991)
and the interaction of target and acquiring firm resources can create value through either
firm merges (or one acquires the other). There are several reasons for this to occur. One
upstream and downstream firms have monopoly power, each firm reduces output from
the competitive level to the monopoly level, creating two deadweight losses. By merging
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the vertically integrated firm can collect one deadweight loss by setting the upstream
firm's output to the competitivelevel. This increases profits and consumer surplus. A
VALUATION MATTER
Naturally, both sides of an M&A deal will have different ideas about the worth of a target
company: Its seller will tend to value the company at as high of a price as possible, while
the buyer will try to get the lowest price that he can.
There are, however, many legitimate ways to value companies. The most common
variety of other methods and tools when assessing a target company. Here are just a few
of them:
1 .Comparative Ratios. The following are two examples of the many comparative metrics
o Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) - With the use of this ratio, an acquiring
company. Looking at the P/E for all the stocks within the same industry
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group will give the acquiring company good guidance for what the target's
2. Replacement Cost - In a few cases, acquisitions are based on the cost of replacing
the target company. For simplicity's sake, suppose the value of a company is simply the
sum of all its equipment and staffing costs. The acquiring company can literally order the
target to sell at that price, or it will create a competitor for the same cost. Naturally, it
takes a long time to assemble good management, acquire property and get the right
equipment. This method of establishing a price certainly wouldn't make much sense in a
service industry where the key assets, people and ideas - are hard to value and develop.
3. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) - A key valuation tool in M&A, discounted cash flow
analysis determines a company's current value according to its estimated future cash
expenditures - change in working capital) are discounted to a present value using the
company's weighted average costs of capital (WACC). Admittedly, DCF is tricky to get
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The Premium for Potential Success
For the most part, acquiring companies nearly always pay a substantial premium on the
stock market value of the companies they buy. The justification for doing so nearly
always boils down to the notion of synergy; a merger benefits shareholders when a
Let's face it, it would be highly unlikely for rational owners to sell if they would benefit
more by not selling. That means buyers will need to pay a premium if they hope to
acquire the company, regardless of what pre-merger valuation tells them. For sellers, that
premium represents their company's future prospects. For buyers, the premium represents
part of the post-merger synergy they expect can be achieved. The following equation
offers a good way to think about synergy and how to determine whether a deal makes
In other words, the success of a merger is measured by whether the value of the buyer is
enhanced by the action. However, the practical constraints of mergers, which we discuss
in part five, often prevent the expected benefits from being fully achieved. Alas, the
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CHAPTER 3 : RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY
To study the preferences of youth regarding investment in mutual funds and share
market.
To analysis factors affection designing making of youth investors.
To find out whether financial knowledgeable people are more likely to stock market in
particular.
The scope of the study is to get the first-hand knowledge about youth preferences regarding
investment in mutual fund or share market or both. The study covers the concept and details
of mutual fund and share market investment of youth.
PRIMARY DATA:
The present study incorporates the collection of both primary and secondary data for an in
depth investigation. Primary data has been gathered through structured unbiased
questionnaire. The questionnaire was pre-tested on some of the respondents and minor
modifications were made on the basis of pre-testing.
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SECONDARY DATA:
Secondary data was generated through, the information received from the journals and
online sources.
As i want to know about in which type of investment youth investing their money and also
get to know about which factor youths prefer most while investing their money.
This study focuses on very small subset of the youth in India and is limited to the city
of Mumbai.
► The region is very vast and it was not possible to cover each and every unit in the
sample in the available short span of time.
► The sample size is quite small and may not be true pointer of the entire universe.
The information provided by respondents may not be fully accurate due to
unavoidable biases.
► The sample size of the study (i.e. No of questions asked to youth) is limited.
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CHAPTER 4 : DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETION
PRIMERY DATA
1. GENDER:
GENDER
MALE
35%
FEMALE
65%
INTERPRETATION:
1. The above pie diagram shows the gender who are investing their money in to mutual
fund and stock market.
2. The above pie diagram 65% respondent are male and remaining are female that is 35%.
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2. AGE GROUP:
AGE GROUP 18-25 25-30 30 AND ABOVE
%OF RESPONSES 88% 10% 2%
% OF RESPONSE
18-25
2% 25-30
10% 30 AND ABOVE
88%
INTERPRETATION:
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3. OCCUPATION :
SELF-
OCCUPATION STUDENT SERVICE OTHERS
EMPLOYED
%OF
74% 14% 8% 4%
RESPONSES
% OF RESPONDENTS
4%
SSC
20% HSC
GRADUATE
PROFESSIONAL
76%
INTERPRETATION:
1. The above pie diagram shows that how many people invest.
2. 74% are student who invest.
3. 14% of people who are engaged in service and they invest.
4. 8% are self-employed and 4% other invest.
4. QUALIFICATION:
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% OF RESPONSES
9% SSC
HSC
GRADUATE
PROFESSIONAL
34%
57%
INTERPRETATION:
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5. MONTHLY INCOME :
50,000 AND
INCOME 10,000-20,000 20,000-50,000
ABOVE
% OF RESPONSES 70.7% 14.7% 14.7%
MONTHLY INCOME
15%
71%
INTERPRETATION:
INVESTMENT YES NO
% OF RESPODENTS 46% 54%
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YES NO
46%
54%
INTERPRETATION:
1. 54% of respondent are not invest their money in any mutual fund and stock market.
2. Remaining 46% respondent they are invest their money in mutual fund and share market.
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7.WHERE DO YOU INVEST YOUR MONEY ?
21%
35%
MUTUAL FUND
SHARE MARKET
BOTH
OTHER
19%
25%
INTERPRETATION:
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8. What % of invest in mutual fund?
MUTUAL
10% TO 25% 25%TO50% 50%TO75% 75% & ABOVE
FUND
% OF
58.20% 31.20% 5.4% 5.2%
RESPONSES
% OF INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL
10% TO 25%
25% TO 50%
50% TO 75%
75% & ABOVE
31%
58%
INTERPRETATION:
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9. WHAT % OF INVEST IN SHARE MARKET ?
SHARE
10% TO 25% 25% TO 50% 50% TO 75% 75% & ABOVE
MARKET
% OF
67% 16% 11% 6%
RESPONSES
11%
10% TO 25%
25% TO 50%
50% TO 75%
16% 75% & ABOVE
67%
INTERPRETATION:
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10. HOW IS YOUR INVESTMENT PATTERN?
INVESTMENT PATTERN
29% MONTHLY
YEARLY
RARELY
47%
24%
INTERPRETATION:
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11. WHICH INVESTMENT IS VERY RISKY?
% OF RISK
25%
MUTUAL FUND
EQUITY
75%
INTERPRETATION:
1. There is responses shows that the higher risk in the stock market rather than mutual
fund.
2. Higher risk involved in stock market.
3. Lower risk in mutual fund.
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12. WHAT ARE THE FACTORS AFFECT THE DECISION MAKING OF
INVESTOR?
FACTORS RISK FACTOR PROFIT/ LOSS OTHER
FACTOR
% OF RESPONSES 54% 34% 12%
FACTOR AFFECT
12%
RISK FACTOR
PROFIT/LOSS FACTOR
OTHER
54%
34%
INTERPRETATION:
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CHAPTER 5: FINDING
1. 54% of respondent are those people who does not invest in mutual fund and stock market.
2. 21% of respondent invest in mutual fund therefore mutual fund is best option for youth.
7. Most of youth invest their money in mutual fund because they want more return with less
risk.
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CHAPTER 6 : SUGGESTION
1. Mutual fund is better option for today’s youth, because it’s give to high return and less
risk.
2. Mutual fund investing is termed as a long term horizon of getting a good return, as the
fund is going in a systematic way.
3. People need a systematic way of investing should go for mutual fund investing.
4. Investing with a fixed income strategy, should choose mutual fund as an investment
choice.
5. If you don’t know anything about stock market, just getting an income is your concern,
you should choose a mutual fund scheme.
6. Before make investment investor should done proper study that which option is better for
an investment.
7. Stock market investment is risky but it’s give more return than mutual fund.
CHAPTER 7 : CONCLUSION
As par the above research and data analysis proved that, mutual fund are better options in
today’s scenario. Though it has high risk, but with patients it has high return to.
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It is the fact that investing in mutual fund is time consuming, as the same time it is a myth
that investment I mutual fund leads towards loss.
Mutual fund is investment vehicles that pool money from many different investors to
increase their buying power and diversify their holding.
This allows investors to add a substantial number of securities to their portfolio for a much
lower price than purchasing each security individually.
Also, it allows investors to reinvest their dividend and interest in additional fund shares.
CHAPTER 8 : REFERENCE
WEBSITES:
www.moneycontrol.com
www.academia.COM
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ANNEXURE
1. GENDER?
• MALE
• FEMALE
2. AGE
• 18-25
• 25-30
• 30&ABOVE
3. QUALIFICATION
• SSC
• HSC
• GRADUATE
• PROFESSIONAL
5. MONTHLY INCOME
• 10,000-20,000
• 20,000-50,000
• 50,000-1,00,000
• MUTUAL FUND
• SHARE MARKET
• BOTH
• OTHER
8. WHAT % OF INVEST IN MUTUAL FUND?
• 10%-25%
• 25%50%
• 50%-75%
• 75%&ABOVE
12. WHAT ARE THE FACTOR AFFECT THE DECISION MAKING OF INVESTOR?
• RISK FACTOR
• PROFIT / LOSS FACTOR
• OTHER
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