Essays about: "standard s poors"

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  1. 1. Impact of the Capital Structure Choice on Firm Performance: A Quantitative Study of the Biggest Healthcare and Energy Companies in the USA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hardy Keller; Jaroslavs Grigoluns; Marco Zanoni; [2023]
    Keywords : Capital Structure; Firm Performance; Standard Poor s 500; Healthcare industry; Energy Industry; Optimal Capital Structure; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose The aim of this research paper is to provide valuable insights to existing theoretical foundation of choice of capital structure, and exploring the relationship between capital structure and firm performance through testing whether capital structure affects firm performance in the USA listed healthcare and energy companies. Theoretical perspective The presented theories cover different views on the preferred choice of capital structure and academics views on its effect on firm performance. READ MORE

  3. 2. Stock Market Volatility in the Context of Covid-19

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Liu Kunyu; [2022]
    Keywords : The U.S. stock market; COVID-19; volatility clustering; GARCH models; leverage effect;

    Abstract : The global economy has been severely impacted during the Covid-19 period. The U.S. stock market has also experienced greater volatility. READ MORE

  4. 3. Jump Estimation of Hidden Markov Models with Time-Varying Transition Probabilities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Henning Tansjö; [2020]
    Keywords : Jump estimation; Hidden Markov model; financial time series; clustering; unsupervised learning.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : The Hidden Markov model is applicable to a wide variety of fields. Applied to financial time series, its assumed underlying state sequence can reflect the time series' tendency to behave differently over different periods of time. In many situations, models could be improved by including exogenous data. READ MORE

  5. 4. Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall risk measures using Extreme Value Theory

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Peter Johansson; [2019-01-22]
    Keywords : Extreme Value Theory; Generalized Pareto Distribution; Point-Over-Threshold method; risk measures; Value at Risk; Expected Shortfall;

    Abstract : Calculating risk measures as Value at Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) has become popular for institutions and agents in financial markets. A main drawback with these risk measures is that they traditionally assume a specific distribution, as the Normal distribution or the Student’s t distribution. READ MORE

  6. 5. Investigating the Accuracy of Analyst Consensus for Earnings per Share of S&P 100 companies

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Sean Belfrage; Adrian Ahmadi; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study investigated what affects how accurately financial analysts can predict the earnings per share of companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 100 index. To achieve this goal data on earnings forecasts was gathered for the years 2000 through 2013. READ MORE