The Chartist

Institutional Undercurrents

Institutions look at the long-term horizon while traders focus on the short term

Stock market participants can be divided into three groups. One set are foreign institutional investors (FIIs) — this list includes hedge funds as well as normal long-term investors. FIIs generate the largest percentage of trading volumes. The second set are domestic institutional investors (DIIs). They, by and large, stick to traditional methods of long-term investment. The third set is all classes of non-institutional players, ranging from the large operators to small day-traders.

This article was originally published on August 01, 2009.


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