Identifying and Prioritizing Factors Affecting the Investor's Decision in Tehran Stock Exchange

It is believed that most of the marketing research activities concentrate on consumer’s reflection to marketing strategies. This is the reason why attitude towards future of marketing should shift from making revenues to adding values for company's shareholders. A sample survey on 356 traders was conducted at TSE and data were analyzed using explorative factor analysis. Research findings indicate five main factors that influence Iranian investors’ purchase decisions. Findings show that marketing communication channel, brokerage houses and word of mouth (consequence of all company’s activity) are important influential factors on investor’s purchase decision.