Essays about: "managing investors"

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  1. 16. Competition in the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry: A performance evaluation of actively managed domestic equity mutual funds

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Öster; [2017]
    Keywords : Performance evaluation; equity mutual fund; CAPM; Jensen´s alpha; OLS regression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : I evaluate a total of 204 U.S. equity mutual funds split into one major group and one additional group for the time period 2002-2016. The major group consists of the ten largest U. READ MORE

  3. 17. All or Nothing - A Study of Optimal Investment Behavior with Regards to Risk and Return

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Ingrid Andelid Hjort; Shasa Husein; [2016-07-05]
    Keywords : Behavioral finance; Capital allocation line; CAPM; Efficient market; Minimum variance; Portfolio selection; Security market line; Sharpe Ratio;

    Abstract : The financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 lead to great instability on the financial market as stock prices fell rapidly to then progressively increase again. Further on, in February 2015, Sweden experienced a negative repo rate for the first time. READ MORE

  4. 18. Responsible Investment in Asia and the Pacific Ocean : A study on fund companies portfolio selections

    University essay from

    Author : Emma Stenberg; Elin Östling; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study's purpose is to provide empirical evidence on how fund companies can reason according to SRI when selecting investment in different Asia and Pacific Ocean companies and describe why they make the selection they do. To fulfil the purpose, a case study has been conducted containing interviews with fund managers and representatives that bare the same knowledge about making and managing fund portfolios. READ MORE

  5. 19. Earnings management and insider trading : A study of firms listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Nielsen; Cecilia Westberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Earnings management; Insider trading; Earnings around thresholds; Information asymmetry; Agency theory; Endowment insurance;

    Abstract : There is an ethical dilemma and a legal issue of earnings management and insider trading, and a risk of it affecting the accuracy of financial markets. The use of earnings management leads to an information asymmetry between the corporate management and the financial markets. READ MORE

  6. 20. Do tax evaders manage earnings more? : A quantitative study on the relationship between tax evasion and earnings management

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Pettersson; Edmund Wu; [2015]
    Keywords : Tax evasion; Earnings management; Tax authority; Small gains and small losses; NASDAQ;

    Abstract : The relationship between earnings management and tax manipulation has been discussed in academia recently. We contribute to this discussion by using a list of tax evader companies, to test the relationship. The list was supplied by the Swedish Tax Agency and consists of public companies from the Swedish stock exchanges. READ MORE