Essays about: "Graham"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the word Graham.

  1. 21. The Moat of Finance : Does Complexity Reward the Private Investor?

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Johan Svanberg; Daniel Max; [2019]
    Keywords : Price to Earning; Price to Book; Dividend Yield; Multi-ratio Strategies; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Modern Portfolio Theory; Excess Returns; Alpha and Stockholm Stock Market.;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the ability of single and multi-ratio investment strategies, such as P/E, P/B, Magic Formula and Piotroski F-score, to generate excess returns and positive alpha values on the Stockholm Stock Market. Performances of the strategies tested are compared to the Stockholm Stock Market as a whole, also known as the index “OMXSPI”. READ MORE

  3. 22. Manifestations of Capitalism from a Marxist Perspective : A comparison of Cultural Values and Moral Codes in Moby Dick and David Copperfield

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Graham Hepworth; [2018]
    Keywords : Marxism; Victorian; antebellum; Romanticism; Realism; feudalism; bourgeois; aristocracy; capitalism; manifest destiny;

    Abstract : This is a study of Charles Dickens David Copperfield and Herman Melville Moby Dick from a Marxist perspective, exploring the different manifestations of the capitalist system, with critical reference to the theories of Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton. It will attempt to understand cultural differences, values and moral codes, that the two novels reveal about Victorian England and Antebellum America, at this point in literary history, the decade of time with 1850 at its centre. READ MORE

  4. 23. Control of Residential Battery Charge Scheduling using Machine Learning

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Paul Raymond Graham; [2018]
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    Abstract : This thesis proposes the use of a Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent to control the charge scheduling of a residential battery system. The system consists of a house located in Sweden equipped with a photo-voltaic array and grid-connection. Real residential load data is used while the PV output is simulated. READ MORE

  5. 24. U.S. Drone Attacks and the Proportionality Principle : Growing ignorance or Consciousness?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Acaralp; [2018]
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    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the usage of military drones, a type of semi-autonomous weapon, which has shifted the premises of conventional warfare, particularly relating to the ethics and legality of warfare. This paper examines the conditions that affect the civilian casualties in United States (U.S.) drone attacks. READ MORE

  6. 25. Working Capital Efficiency and Firm Profitability : A Quantitative Study of Listed Swedish Firms 2000-2015

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Pahkamaa; Oscar Gustén; [2017]
    Keywords : working capital management; working capital efficiency; firm profitability; cash conversion cycle; days of inventory; days of accounts receivables; days of accounts payables; economic fluctuations;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between working capital efficiency and firm profitability, and how this relationship is affected by economic fluctuations. In the existing literature, the relationship between working capital efficiency and firm profitability has been extensively researched. READ MORE