The formation of the investment optimal portfolio based on the approach of the analysis of social channels in Iran’s equities market (Quantitative and qualitative attitude)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student Department of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. Tehran. Iran

2 Assistant Professor department of business administration.Shahre Ghods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, and Department of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor Department of Management and Economics. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

4 Assistant Professor Department of Management, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran, and Department of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.30495/ijfma.2022.69978.1931

Abstract

This research point is to check the approach of analyzing social networks to form the investment optimal portfolio in Iran’s equities market. This research is based on surveying-exploratory of the gathered sectional data. This research has been done in three phases which includes studying theoretical basics and the literature review, exploratory research, Delphi method and using a questionnaire through a process that was completed in 20 levels. In qualitative part and in respect to Delphi 15 experts in the first phase and 25 experts in the second phase were interviewed. For quantitative approach 384 persons were considered as the total sample of persons to be taken into account for Cochran formula and sampling method. The results showed that, assuming all the other conditions are constant, the investors were not affected by the political news in social networks, as a regards Iranian investors were affected by the economical and corporate news.

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