Small investors
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For many reasons, the general people of Bangladesh, especially after the so called 1/11, are not interested to invest their money in any production or transaction ventures. Thousands of hazards are associated with such type of investment decisions. So, people consider 'investment in stock market' as a better option. More than 22 lakh investors are trading, more or less, regularly. But the number of good quality shares is very limited. So, very often the prices of the shares are increasing beyond the rationale level. New entrants believe that a trader can gain a huge amount of money by investing here within a very short time. For this, a good number of people are opening their BO accounts daily. The question simply arises, are they doing the job with proper understanding? In most cases the answer is 'no'. We can recall the situation of the stock market in 1996. The booming condition pulled the housewives or even the rickshaw pullers into this business. Very soon their dreams were shattered. The market size is now far wider than fourteen years back. We hear, experts always pronounce, some gamblers are controlling the market. This is one aspect of the story that must not be overlooked by the decision makers and the investors.
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