In today’s scenario, investment is very important in everyone’s life. Investors always prefer the investment avenues according to their suitability, risk and the return because there are different investment avenues available in the market. There are various factors that influence the risk tolerance behaviour of the investors, such as age, gender, marital status, experience, income, household expenditure, present and future savings, future expectations of returns and future planning of the investor. But the risk tolerance is also affected by the personality traits and emotional intelligence (EI) of the investors. Thus, the present study focuses on the relation between the personality traits, EI and risk tolerance of the investors. The data was collected from 500 investors who invest through LSC Securities Ltd (formerly LSE Securities Ltd) in Punjab by using structured questionnaire. Multiple regression test was applied through SPSS to test the significance of relationship among the variables. The study found the relation of risk tolerance with personality traits and EI to be statistically significant.

Purpose In earlier studies, research has shown that EI is the only element, which influences the ways in which people develop in their lives, jobs and social skills control their emotions and get along with other people. It is EI that dictates the way people deal with one another and understand emotions. The research gap is to explore the impact of behavioral factors and investors psychology on their investment decision-making. Design/methodology/approach The information was gathered from 500 financial specialists. The region of research was the financial specialists who contribute through LSC Securities Ltd. in Punjab State. The purposive testing system was used in this examination. Findings The investigation found that the positive connection between the conduct predispositions of the financial specialists and venture choices of the speculators and positive connection between enthusiastic insight of the financial specialists and their venture choices. Yet, the authors found that the enthusiastic insight better foresees the venture choices of the financial specialists than the conduct predispositions of the speculators. Among the different elements of conduct inclinations of the speculator’s lament and carelessness are identified with the financial specialist’s venture choices. Among the various estimations of eager understanding – care, dealing with emotions, motivation, empathy and social aptitudes are related to the hypothesis decisions of the monetary pros. Research limitations/implications The sample selection was based on purposive sampling, rather than a random probability sample. The sample was area specific, restricted only to Ludhiana Stock Exchange in Punjab state. Therefore, the results of the study cannot be generalized with certainty to all the investors investing through other exchanges in other states. The inferences are based on the assumption that the data provided by the investors are true and correct. The findings may be relevant for other stock exchanges as that of the Ludhiana Stock Exchange. However, the authors do not claim the generalization of the results. Practical implications This study also helps to understand the relationship between investment decision-making and risk tolerance of investors. It will helpful for the financial advisors to know the behavioral biases of investors while making an investment decision, and therefore, they can advise investors properly to mitigate such biases. It may help the investors in understanding the subjective part of their behavior and control their emotions while taking decisions for their investment in stock market options. Social implications This research will help investment advisors and finance professionals to judge investors’ attitudes toward risk in a better way, which leads to better investment decisions. Originality/value This study is my own study and it is original and has not been published anywhere.

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This article is an attempt to study the cointegration and causality between agricultural commodities and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) stock index in India for the period January 2007 to December 2017. Autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) bound test is applied to investigate the cointegration between the variables used. The findings indicate the absence of cointegration between National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) agricultural commodities and National Stock Exchange (NSE) FMCG index. Besides, the Toda and Yamamoto approach of Granger causality test is employed to study causal relationship between variables under study. It confirms the absence of causal relationship between NCDEX agricultural commodities and NSE FMCG index except barley, cottonseed, jeera, mustard seed and wheat. This test finally confirms the unidirectional causal relationship runs from barley, cottonseed, jeera, mustard seed and wheat to NSE FMCG index. Therefore, in case of absence of cointegration and causality between agricultural commodities and NSE FMCG index, investors can hedge their risk by diversifying portfolio in both the markets.