Essays about: "Fama French"
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16. To Sin or Not to Sin? A Study of Traditional and New Sin Stocks on the American Stock Market
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to investigate the difference in stock return between traditional sin stocks, new sin stocks, and their respective peer stocks. The purpose was to expand the scarcely researched area of new sin stocks by being the first one to focus on new sin stocks on the American stock market (United States NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stock exchanges), as this area has only been researched in Europe before. READ MORE
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17. The Challenges of Sustainable Investing
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Over the past decades, investment preferences towards portfolio construction have changed from focusing solely on profit maximization, into a combination of good financial perfor- mance as well as a responsible sustainability outcome. The purpose of this paper is three- fold: first, to investigate whether a sustainable portfolio based on a high environmental, social and governance (ESG) score contributes to positive returns or affects financial per- formance negatively. READ MORE
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18. The power of purpose: How ESG subcategories drive financial performance : A comprehensive analysis using the Fama-French Five-Factor model
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)Abstract : ESG investing is a hot subject in today’s world with socially responsible investments under management reaching 35.3 trillion in the beginning of 2020. Corporations today are highly affected by social and government pressure to take on corporate social responsibility. READ MORE
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19. Revisiting the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle and MAX Effect in European Equity Markets
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In light of traditional financial theory's argument that firm-specific risk should not impact future returns, the findings of the Idiosyncratic Volatility (IVOL) puzzle, as well as the Maximum Daily Returns (MAX) effect, have sparked a vibrant academic debate. Using data from January, 1993, to December, 2022, this paper presents European aggregate and country-level evidence at the intersection between the two asset pricing anomalies. READ MORE
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20. Economic Policy Uncertainty and Stock Market Performance: The Role of CSR
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This research study aims to examine the association between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and stock market performance, and to investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) has an impact on this relationship. The dataset used in this study comprises firms listed on the S&P 500 index from 2013 to 2022 and is applied on two models, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and Fama French Three Factor Model. READ MORE