Essays about: "household portfolios"
Found 3 essays containing the words household portfolios.
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1. Asset Pricing in Different Periods of Stock Market Volatility : The Varied Effectiveness of Carhart's Four-Factor Model in the Swedish Market
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Investing in the Swedish stock market has over time proven to be an effective way to increase wealth. Nationally speaking, Sweden’s population is also one of the best in the world at investing their savings. Four out of five swedes invest at least some part of their private savings into mutual funds which approximately amounts to 8. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of the Financial Crisis of 2008 on Swedish Household Portfolios
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine whether Swedish households have changed the composition of their portfolio as a consequence of the financial crisis and to investigate whether they have become more reluctant to invest in the financial markets. To examine how the Swedish household portfolios have changed over time, risk measures such as standard deviation and beta will be used as well as performance measures such as the Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio and Jensen’s alpha. READ MORE
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3. PANIC! PANIC! The sky is falling!! : A study of household’s reaction to financial news and whether their reaction is rational
University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : If you happen to be an American and have trouble sleeping, do not attempt to fall asleep watching the nightly news because it is anything but boring. At a glance, the American economy seems to be in shambles. READ MORE
