ASSESSMENT OF MAIN LIST STOCKS AS AN INVESTMENT OBJECT IN THE BALTIC REGULATED MARKET

Abstract

The stock market, which could be seen as one of the types of securities market, is an unstructured environment in which every investor needs to understand how to invest. For a potential investor interested in shares as one of the objects of investment, it is possible to buy the shares and potentially earn despite the fact that an investment in shares is considered to be a very high-risk investment. The research aims to assess Baltic Main List stocks as an investment object in the Baltic regulated market. The research results showed that investors should assess and invest in the companies of the Baltic Main List on Nasdaq Vilnius and Nasdaq Riga if they plan to gain income from an increase in share prices and to assess and invest in the companies of the Baltic Main List on Nasdaq Tallinn and Nasdaq Riga if they plan to earn income from dividends. The author concludes that the use of an investment account has not been sufficiently popularised among individuals, which does not contribute to the development of savings culture in Latvia and in the other Baltic States. For the education of private investors and the promotion of making decisions on share purchases, it would be desirable for investors to offer summarised information on company shares and their characteristics on the Nasdaq website. The research employed general quantitative and qualitative methods for economic research, including comparative analysis and synthesis, statistical analysis and graphic analysis.