Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market

This study is to investigate the association between six independent variables which separated by significant association namely psychological behaviour, financial literacy, risk tolerance and insignificant association including attitude, perceivable behavioural control, and subjective norms. To ach...

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Main Author:	Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/1/Depositpermission_s829648.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/2/s829648_01.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.111352024-06-10T01:47:29Z Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market 2022 Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob Kosim, Zunarni School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance & Banking HG Finance This study is to investigate the association between six independent variables which separated by significant association namely psychological behaviour, financial literacy, risk tolerance and insignificant association including attitude, perceivable behavioural control, and subjective norms. To achieve the study objective, the primary data has been collected by means of questionnaires. The questionnaires have been distributed to Malaysian youth which 100 surveys have been successful collected. This paper's findings came from a survey of 100 Malaysian youth respondents. To analyse the data, this study has utilised Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings indicated that the dependent variable and independent factors had both a significant and an insignificant association. Psychological behaviour significantly positively influence stock market investment intention. This study in line with the Phan and Zhou (2013) study's conclusions. However, it was discovered that financial literacy, risk tolerance, attitude, subjective norms and perceived behaviour control had insignificant impact on Malaysian youths' intentions to invest in the stock market. This study's conclusions contradict those of earlier research, which are not consistent with one other (Ibrahim & Arshad, 2018; Lai, 2019; Ryu & Ko, 2019). Finally, by better understanding the variables that influenced Malaysian youth’s investment intention, this study will be useful to future researcher, the government, and investment firms. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/1/Depositpermission_s829648.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/2/s829648_01.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng
advisor	Kosim, Zunarni
topic	HG Finance
spellingShingle	HG Finance Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
description	This study is to investigate the association between six independent variables which separated by significant association namely psychological behaviour, financial literacy, risk tolerance and insignificant association including attitude, perceivable behavioural control, and subjective norms. To achieve the study objective, the primary data has been collected by means of questionnaires. The questionnaires have been distributed to Malaysian youth which 100 surveys have been successful collected. This paper's findings came from a survey of 100 Malaysian youth respondents. To analyse the data, this study has utilised Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings indicated that the dependent variable and independent factors had both a significant and an insignificant association. Psychological behaviour significantly positively influence stock market investment intention. This study in line with the Phan and Zhou (2013) study's conclusions. However, it was discovered that financial literacy, risk tolerance, attitude, subjective norms and perceived behaviour control had insignificant impact on Malaysian youths' intentions to invest in the stock market. This study's conclusions contradict those of earlier research, which are not consistent with one other (Ibrahim & Arshad, 2018; Lai, 2019; Ryu & Ko, 2019). Finally, by better understanding the variables that influenced Malaysian youth’s investment intention, this study will be useful to future researcher, the government, and investment firms.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob
author_facet	Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob
author_sort	Noor Aiza Natasha, Yob
title	Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
title_short	Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
title_full	Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
title_fullStr	Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
title_full_unstemmed	Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Economics, Finance & Banking
publishDate	2022
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/1/Depositpermission_s829648.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11135/2/s829648_01.pdf
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Investment propensity among Malaysian youth in the stock market

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