Questionnaire

Name: Designation:
1. You collected couple of CDs to drop into your shopping cart when you realised that the store had a 50 per cent discount on them till a fortnight ago. Would you still buy the CDs now? a. Peeved with myself for missing the sale, I will place the CDs back on the shelf b. I will buy the CDs at the regular price. 2. Suppose you are working in a average growth company and you get an Employee Stock Option. Will you invest? a. Buy the stock options b. Invest in other market securities with better growth prospects. 3. If you have invested Rs. 1,00,000/- in stock market and it comes down to Rs. 80,000/- in one month, what would you do? a. Sell and get out b. Wait to recover the principal and then withdraw c. Invest more d. Switch to an alternate investment 4. Suppose you heard a news about merger of two companies. A friend of yours working in M&A department of a reputed investment bank, confirms the news and gives a red signal to buy the stock. The news channel gave breaking news about the event and is bullish. What is your response to the situation? a. I will not buy the share because my friend has given red signal b. I will likely buy the shares because of positive hopes of market c. I will buy the shares only if my fundamental analysis of companies suggests the positive synergy benefits 5. Suppose you bought a flat for Rs. 50 lakhs whose price is definitely going to double in 2 yrs. You have given it on rent at Rs. 20,000 per month

a. Will you save or invest this Rs. 20,000 b. Will you spend this on entertainment & leisure activities 6. Suppose you are long crude oil futures, your technical analyst says crude oil prices will soar to 115 $ per barrel. Crude oil prices reached 112$ per barrel and started falling thereafter. It moves in the range of 105-108$ for a week. The current price per barrel is 100 $. You are still in the money. What would be your course of action? a. I will wait till the prices climb up to 115 $ per barrel again. b. I will sell the crude oil futures at $ 100 per barrel . c. I have already sold it at $ 106. 7. Currently, what goals (Tick as many applicable) o o o o o
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Buying a home Childs marriage Buying a car Retirement/Old age Own marriage Do not save separately for any of these Childs education

8. You are a regular trader sitting in front of a terminal. You saw Satyam stock constantly falling from 160-140-100-80-30 within an hour. What will your course of action? a. I will still sell at 30 per share b. I will not sell because I consider that it is due to market over reaction and fair value should not be as low as 30 per share

9. You wish to replace your TV with an LED TV worth Rs. 1,00,000. Suppose that you have received a bonus of Rs. 5,00,000. a. Buy immediately

b. Buy in future after having saved the required amount c. Not buy

10. You saw the price of Silver trading at 50.15 per ounce. You had bought at 30.35 per ounce a year ago. Currently bullion is seeing a down trend. It fell to 35.75 per ounce and further to 31.50. All factors suggest it may fall further. What would be your course of action? a. I will wait till price climbs up again b. I will sell it now and re-enter the deal by buying it at a lower price c. I will sell and get out of the deal.

11. Suppose you read the breaking news of possible default of Kingfisher Airlines on loans from a major broking houses. You have 1000 shares of KFA bought at a price of Rs. 20. Current market price of share is Rs. 40. Will you sell the shares immediately or will hold shares until the news is confirmed? a. I will sell the shares immediately to save further losses b. I will not sell the shares and will wait until the last moments c. I will sell the shares once the price takes the downward trend

12. You have invested in a stock at Rs. 100. The current price is Rs. 120 and is expected to go till Rs. 140. a. Will you book profits at Rs. 120 b. Will you wait for further price appreciation

13. Suppose you read an article and feel compelled to buy a stock. You also notice that the stock was recently trading near its 52-week low. You then realise that it has moved up 10 per cent in one week. What would you do? a. I will buy when the stock drops again

b. I will buy the stock now as its still a buy call.

14. It is June 2008, you are trading arbitrage between crude oil India and Crude oil US. Since last 15 days, every morning you see the spread decreasing in front of your eyes due to depreciation on Indian Rupee. Next morning you come to the office and buy the spread (India buy and US sell). And this time spread increases because of rupee appreciation. What would be the course of action? a. I will average because I know rupee will depreciate again b. I will book loss immediately c. I will reverse my position

15. Suppose your monthly salary is Rs. 50,000 and you wish to replace your TV with an LED TV worth Rs. 1,00,000. What will you do? a. Buy from current savings b. Buy in future after having saved the required amount c. Not buy

16. You have bought 1000 stocks of XYZ Co. for Rs. 120. At present the stock price is Rs. 100 and is expected to go further down. There is an alternative stock ABC available at Rs. 100 and is expected to go upwards. Will you sell XYZ and buy ABC? a. Yes b. No 17. Suppose you bought 100 Suzlon energy shares at Rs. 45 per share. The price falls to Rs. 35 per share. In a weeks time it falls further to Rs. 30 per share. What would be your course of action? a. I will likely hold the shares and wait for the price to come up again b. I will sell the shares as it is in a bearish trend

18. A reputed and highly successful private company like Facebook is going public and launching an IPO. The company is most awaited by market and carries positive reviews. Suppose you want to buy shares worth Rs. 10 lacs. Currently you have 7 lakhs in your saving account. Will you liquidate your fixed deposit of 3 lakhs to buy the stocks? a. Yes, because of high market expectations of market b. Yes, because I feel the company is fundamentally strong c. No, since I dont have enough money to file IPO application