Essays about: "Benchmark portfolios"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 80 essays containing the words Benchmark portfolios.

  1. 16. Decomposition of ETFs: Building a synthetic portfolio of ETFs major positions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Donatas Gadlijauskas; Evelina Sarul; [2022]
    Keywords : ETF; Portfolio optimization; Sharpe ratio; VaR; GARCH; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 17. A Neural Network Approach for Generating Investors’ Views in the Black-Litterman Model

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

    Author : Rafael Lavatt; [2022]
    Keywords : Black-Litterman; Neural Networks; Portfolio Optimization; Black-Litterman; Neurala nätverk; portföljoptimering;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how neural networks can be used to produce investors' views for the Black-Litterman market model. The study uses two data sets, one with global stock market indexes and one with stock market data from the S&P 500. READ MORE

  4. 18. How do ESG assets relate to the financial market? : A Diebold-Yilmaz spillover approach to sustainable finance

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Shobair Moosawi; Ludvig Segerhammar; [2022]
    Keywords : AR 1 -GARCH p; q ; Commodity; ESG; Equity; Return; Spillover; Sustainability; Sustainable finance; Volatility;

    Abstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate to what extent ESG assets and traditional benchmarks affect one another. Since sustainable investment is a growing segment of the financial market, investors need to be informed about how it may affect their portfolios, and by extension if it can be used for portfolio diversification. READ MORE

  5. 19. Cryptocurrency's Role in Optimal Portfolios with von Neumann-Morgenstern Utility Theory

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Richard Wright; [2022]
    Keywords : Cryptocurrencies; Portfolio Optimization; Expected Utility;

    Abstract : Should cryptocurrencies populate modern portfolios, and to what degree? How can von Neumann-Morgenstern utility theory determine which portfolio is best? For this thesis, we take six cryptocurrencies and six stocks to create optimal portfolios from each and a combination of both. Then we compare the expected utility from each portfolio, with and without short selling, to a benchmark. READ MORE

  6. 20. Fundamental Indexation Smart Beta Strategy on the Swedish Market- Enhancing risk-adjusted performance with Fundamental Indexation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Tommy Saliba; Philip Thulin; [2021-06-30]
    Keywords : Smart Beta; Fundamental Indexation; CAPM; EMH; Value; Quality; Momentum; Low Volatility; Factor Investing;

    Abstract : Smart Beta strategies’ ability to combine the benefits of active- and passive investing has caught the attention of the Asset Management industry – propelling a surge in new Smart Beta products. These strategies offer a novel approach to factor investing by not weighting assets according to the typical cap-weighting scheme, instead applying weighting methods such as fundamental indexation, yielding a new dimension to factor-oriented strategies. READ MORE