Essays about: "passive investment strategy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words passive investment strategy.
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1. Investigating the Performance of Random Forest Classification for Stock Trading
University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)Abstract : We show that with the implementation presented in this paper, the Random Forest Classification model was able to predict whether or not a stock was going to increase in value during the coming day with an accuracy higher than 50\% for all stocks included in this study. Furthermore, we show that the active trading strategy presented in this paper generated higher returns and higher risk-adjusted returns than the passive investment in the stocks underlying the strategy. READ MORE
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2. Decomposition of ETFs: Building a synthetic portfolio of ETFs major positions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates the performance of benchmark indices and according ETFs against the synthetic portfolios that were built using the five major holdings of the selected benchmark index and its ETF. Not only do we test the synthetic portfolios, but from them, we make optimal (re-balanced) portfolios using mean-variance optimization (with short-selling constraints). READ MORE
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3. Applying Treynor-Black Model with AP7 Såfa in the Swedish Premium Pension System : To choose between active and passive portfolio management
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)Abstract : Background: Since 1998 Sweden has individual accounts as a part of both public and occupational schemes (Sundén 2006). Yearly, 2,5% of the pensionable income is set aside to the premium pension (The Swedish Pension Agency 2021) Individuals are able to choose how the premiums should be paid in the system and in what way the money should be invested, either by choosing from the fund market or by refraining from making an active choice and instead let the Swedish pension agency management their money in the passive alternative called AP7 Såfa. READ MORE
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4. Active fund management or passive index cruising?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : How should an investor pick funds to invest in? What is the best strategy, picking active or passive funds? It’s hard to navigate the fund landscape when there is ambiguous evidence and advice coming from different directions. Do fund managers outperform the market and passive funds? Do they bring something extra of value to the table in regards to their high management fees? The question seems almost age-old at this point, from dart throwing monkeys outperforming high profile fund managers to famous investors proclaiming that active fund management is dead, it’s hard to know what is really true about active versus passive fund management. READ MORE
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5. Active versus Passive Investment : A China and Hong Kong comparison
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)Abstract : Investors have been debating whether active or passive management is the better strategy for a very long time where the majority conclude passive investment the most beneficial strategy in terms of after cost. Due to limited research in emerging markets, this study examines whether active or passive management is the most remunerative strategy in mainland China and Hong Kong, considering the difference in attributes between the regions. READ MORE
