Compreensão dos estudantes do curso de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal da Paraíba sobre os investimentos financeiros

Abstract

This research had as general objective to analyze the level of comprehension of the students of the Course of Accounting Sciences of the Federal University of Paraíba on financial investments, besides giving a brief introduction to the types of fixed and variable income investments in the theory, allowing also a view of the impact of SELIC indexes on UFPB students' investments. A survey was developed from an electronic questionnaire, which was applied to students. The questionnaire was subsequently applied to a data analysis in a quantitative and qualitative way, and with the data collected, a comparison was made with the selected research problem. It was not possible to identify the degree of knowledge of the University's students about financial investments in the market, which concludes that the highest proportion of respondents to the questionnaire on investment-related knowledge, has a reasonable level and shows an average use of savings as greater investment instrument, showing a need for further studies in this area.