Loading…

Stock market: a study of the investor interest in nonfinancial criteria considered in decision making/Mercado de acoes: um estudo sobre o interesse do investidor em criterios nao financeiros considerados na tomada de decisao

The objective of this research was to identify whether investors in Recife the stock market have interest in non-financial criteria when making investment decisions. To this end, questionnaires were applied with investors, registered in the database of a broker and gifts in events held by Apimec in...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:RC&C. Revista de Contabilidade e Controladoria 2014-01, Vol.6 (1), p.43
Main Authors: Lemos, Livia Vilar, Lagioia, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira, Santos, Josete Florencio, Libonati, Jeronymo Jose, Filho, Lucivaldo Lourenco Da Silva
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The objective of this research was to identify whether investors in Recife the stock market have interest in non-financial criteria when making investment decisions. To this end, questionnaires were applied with investors, registered in the database of a broker and gifts in events held by Apimec in September 2012. The questionnaire contained 12 statements about financial and non-financial characteristics of companies and investors should indicate the level of interest in investing in accordance with the features stated companies. The financial criteria corresponded to liquidity, profitability and risk and non-financial criteria based on the technical option screens, with positive and negative for selecting socially responsible investment screening. Factor analysis was applied to these assertions formed to identify factors, as well as those relevant were included in each factor. Thus, through factor analysis identified that non-financial criteria are being considered in the decision making process of investors surveyed. This is evidenced by the relevance of assertions with no financial analysis in essence had. Keywords: Non-Financial Criteria. Investors. Factor Analysis. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi o de identificar se os investidores da cidade do Recife, do mercado de acoes, possuem interesse em criterios nao financeiros ao tomarem decisoes de investimento. Para tanto, aplicaram-se questionarios com os investidores cadastrados no banco de dados de uma corretora e com os presentes nos eventos realizados pela Apimec, em setembro de 2012. O questionario continha 12 assertivas sobre caracteristicas financeiras e nao financeiras de empresas e os investidores deveriam indicar o seu grau de interesse em investir nas empresas de acordo com as caracteristicas expostas. Os criterios financeiros correspondiam a liquidez, rentabilidade e risco e os criterios nao financeiros pautavam-se na tecnica de opcao de telas, com a triagem positiva e negativa para a selecao de investimentos socialmente responsaveis. A analise fatorial foi aplicada a estas assertivas para identificar os fatores formados, bem como aquelas relevantes que foram contempladas em cada fator. Desta forma, por meio da analise fatorial foi possivel identificar quais os criterios nao financeiros estao sendo considerados no processo de tomada de decisao dos investidores pesquisados. Isto e evidenciado pela relevancia que as assertivas com essencia nao financeira tiveram na analise. Palavras-Chave: Criterio
ISSN:1984-6266
1984-6266