Essays about: "2008 crash"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words 2008 crash.

  1. 1. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
    Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

    Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE

  3. 2. Did 2001 Mark the Beginning of a More Manipulated Market? An Analysis of Financial Markets via Benford's Law

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Richard Wright; Erik Munther; [2021]
    Keywords : Benford s Law; S P 500; STOXX Europe 600; Financial Markets; Stock Crash.;

    Abstract : Can the law of the natural distribution of random numbers expose malice in financial markets? This thesis aims to analyze the indices S&P 500 and STOXX 600, in an effort to identify days in which behavior in the market was the result of financial manipulation or non normal market movements. What was discovered by extending a previous study [10], was that we could accurately identify many days in which the market crashed or was affected by malpractice similar to the events in the 2007-2008 financial crisis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Momentum and Trend in Sweden: Enhancing profits and limiting downside risk by using indicators from different time horizons

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alan Dari Lindahl; Jan Wiki; [2020-07-07]
    Keywords : momentum; momentum crash; echo; trend; moving averages; cross-section; downside risks; predictability; factor models; turnover; transaction costs;

    Abstract : Although being one of the most robust anomalies ever discovered, the momentum factor occasionally suffer big losses during market recessions periods. We apply and compare different factor models, and find that when sorting the momentum factor on prior 2-6 months it earns a higher average monthly return compared to the common sorting on prior 2-12 months. READ MORE

  5. 4. Carb-on or Carb-off? : Carbon-intensive stocks' performance in an age of socially responsible investing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Fredrik Westergård; August Wigh; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon stocks; carbon-intensive stocks; emission stocks; socially responsible investing; sin investing;

    Abstract : This study investigates the performance of carbon-intensive stocks in the United States and provides evidence of abnormal returns between 2000 and 2019. However, these abnormal returns are isolated to the period 2000 to 2002 which coincides with the Dot-com crash. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainability for Portfolio Optimization

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Asomani Kwadwo Anane; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability; portfolio optimization; Markowitz mean-variance theory;

    Abstract : The 2007-2008 financial crash and the looming climate change and global warming have heightened interest in sustainable investment. But whether the shift is as a result of the financial crash or a desire to preserve the environment, a sustainable investment might be desirable. READ MORE