Essays about: "Book-to-Market"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 64 essays containing the word Book-to-Market.

1. 6. How Does the Three-factor Model Perform and What Explains its Performance? Empirical tests on Swedish stock portfolios

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Björck; [2023]
   Keywords : Three-factor model; stock returns; Swedish stocks; CAPM; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this study the three-factor model of Fama and French (1992; 1993) is evaluated on portfolios of Swedish stocks. Both a cross-section and time series approach are used to evaluate the model. The results show that beta, size, and book-to-market are significant variables in explaining excess returns of Swedish stock portfolios. READ MORE

3. 7. Performance of Small- and Large-cap stock portfolios- The importance of market anomalies across business cycles

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Erik Hulth; [2021-06-30]
   Keywords : Stock performance; Market anomalies; Asset pricing; Portfolio sorting techniques; Factor-portfolio sorting techniques; Value effect; Size effect; Momentum effect; Temporal influences; Business cycles; GDP-gap; Single-and Multi- Factor models; CAPM; Fama-French Three-Factor model; Carhart Four-Factor model; Risk-adjusted equity returns; Sharpe Ratio; Jensen´s alpha; NASDAQ OMX and NYSE;

   Abstract : This Master´s thesis investigated the importance of the market anomalies size (market capitalization), value (Book-to-Market ratio) and momentum (lagged short-term momentum) for equity returns of small- and large-cap composite stock portfolios. The study focused on two contrasting stock markets (NASDAQ OMX and NYSE) across domestic business cycles over the time-period 2006 to 2021. READ MORE

4. 8. The Performance of Stocks Earning Extreme Single-Day Returns: Evidence from Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Dominik Schleuss; Tavish Gantz; [2021]
   Keywords : MAX Effect; Extreme returns; Cross-section of returns; Lottery-like payoffs; Behavioral Finance;

   Abstract : In 2011, Bali et al. presented evidence that stocks with extreme one and multi day-returns significantly underperform stocks with less extreme returns in the following month. They attributed this to investors exhibiting a preference for stocks with lottery-like payoffs. READ MORE

5. 9. Moving beyond a narrow definition of value investing

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Alexander Neuschmid; [2020]
   Keywords : Value investing; Asset pricing; Fundamental analysis; Profitability persistence;

   Abstract : This study shows that the information content of valuation ratios can be highly dissimilar. It presents a value measure that outperforms book-to-market not only in terms of the abnormal returns a zero-cost portfolio formed on this sorting variable generates relative to factor models, but also in terms of its ability to capture firms with a high level of profitability and a strong profitability persistence. READ MORE

6. 10. Testing the Performance of the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Fama-French Three-Factor Model - A study on the Swedish Stock Market between 2014-2019

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Frida Gustafsson; Robert Gustavsson; [2019-07-12]
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   Abstract : The returns of potential investments are interesting for every investor. In this thesis we compared two financial models that are often used to predict expected returns of portfolios with different financial instruments. READ MORE