Essays about: "Abnormal Profitability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Abnormal Profitability.

  1. 1. The Impact of ESG-Scores on Portfolio Performance - A quantitative study on sustainable investments.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Max Ehrnström; Yacob Nehmé; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : ESG investing; Abnormal returns; Sustainable investing and Financial performance;

    Abstract : This report examines the relationship between ESG-scores and portfolio returns using the Fama-French five-factor and Carhart four-factor models. The data is collected from Refinitiv (2023) between 2003 and 2021 and consists of firms listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ stock exchange. READ MORE

  3. 2. Stock or Cash? Explaining the Payment Method Choice of M&As and the Effect on Performance on the European Developed Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : gustav kollberg; john skantze; [2022-06-29]
    Keywords : Payment Method; Stock Bid; Cash Bid; Determinants of the Payment Method; Cumulative Abnormal Return; Opportunistic Behaviour; Rational Payment Design; M A; Information Asymmetry; Adverse Selection;

    Abstract : We investigate what factors determine the choice of the payment method when choosing between payment of stocks or cash during an acquisition or merger. Furthermore, we examine how that choice of payment method affects the bidder’s performance in the short term by examining the changes in the cumulative abnormal return. READ MORE

  4. 3. Patience, a New Variable in the IPO-Puzzle? : A quantitative study on whether an early IPO negatively affects aftermarket performance

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Viktor Hansson; Viktor Renström; [2022]
    Keywords : Initial Public Offering; Sweden; Aftermarket Performance; BHAR; Monthly Abnormal Return; Private Equity; Long-run Event Study;

    Abstract : The Swedish market has over the past couple of years seen a large increase in companies going public through an IPO. At the same time the capital on the private equity market is increasing for each year which enables companies to stay private longer. Our research focuses on two main areas. READ MORE

  5. 4. CAN INSIDERS BENEFIT FROM A PANDEMIC CRISIS? A quantitative study of the impact of COVID-19 on insider trading profitability in a Swedish setting

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Amanda Dejus; Henrik Lindström; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Insider Trading; Abnormal Profitability; Private Information; Crisis; COVID-19; Uncertainty; Event Study;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 crisis includes unprecedented stock market impacts, exceptional uncertainty and explicit concerns from authorities that insiders possess information other than the public during the dynamic circumstances brought by the pandemic. While previous research finds clear evidence that insiders can earn abnormal profits from insider trades, few studies direct their attention towards insider trading profitability during volatile and uncertain market conditions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Profitability of Technical Trading Strategies in the Swedish Equity Market

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Azmain Alam; Gustav Norrström; [2021]
    Keywords : Trading; Technical analysis; stocks; stonks; Equity markets; abnormal returns; moving average; RSI; relative strength index; MACD; moving average convergence divergence; Trading; teknisk analys; aktier; aktiemarknaden; överavkastning; glidande medelvärde; RSI; relative strength index; MACD; moving average convergence divergence;

    Abstract : This study aims to see if it is possible to generate abnormal returns in the Swedishstock market through the use of three different trading strategies based on technicalindicators. As the indicators are based on historical price data only, the study assumesweak market efficiency according to the efficient market hypothesis. READ MORE