The aimed of study to examine the relationship
between the Variables perceived financial risk, liquidity,
and return the moderating effect by investor behavior.
Research sample consist of investors in Khartoum stock
exchange in Khartoum state Sudan. The sample was
occupied by random probability sampling. Beside that
researcher depended on survey for data collection, the
sample tacked from the investors still own the investment
portfolio. This was done to enable the distribution of
questionnaires and the accurateness of answers given by
the investors. Research sample 400 investors the total
response rate 81.75% the technique used for analysis in
this research is quantitative data using Path Analysis
modeling using (AMOS v 25). The results revealed the
relationship between perceived financial risk and return it
positive because it different form zero at 0.05 level of
significance, The relationship between liquidity and return
it not significance at 0.05 level of significance, The
relationship between perceived financial risk and return it
positive because it different from zero at 0.05 level of
significance, The moderating effect of investor behavior on
the relationship between perceived financial risk and
return it positive because it different from zero at 0.05
level of significance, The moderating effect of investor
behavior on the relationship between liquidity and return
it not significance at 0.05 level of significance. The
recommendation is must be well diversified of individual
portfolio by less correlations (assets components of
portfolio). The investor should know about benefit of
diversification education may be solution. The achieved
return of portfolio should be near to expect return should
have known much about investor’s goals and preferences
to develop framework that describes how they form
portfolio. Khartoum stock exchange management should
take care of marketing the financial securities. And make
it easy to increase the efficiency of market. Should improve
the fundamental and technical analysis of market for
individual investors to anticipate the price of securities
according to available information about the price in the
past. Also the investors need to be flexible with market
environment to change the percentage weight of their
portfolio assets according to market study. And also invest
in institutions that issue the financial securities according
to information available about higher management.
Keywords : Perceived Financial Risk, Liquidity, Investor Behaviour, Return.