Essays about: "Fama- French model"
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6. The illiquidity exposure factor: An overlooked driver of mutual fund performance
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper examines if Swedish-focused mutual funds with more illiquid holdings produce higher alpha. By extending the classic Fama and French five-factor model, we pinpoint the effect of illiquidity in underlying holdings on mutual fund alpha generation through a two-step regression model with data between 2019-2022. READ MORE
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7. Empirical Analysis of Dependence Structure Between Assets: A Study of the Impact of Infation on Dependence Between Stock Portfolios and Gold
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In this paper, we study the impact of inflation on the dependence and volatilities of gold and stock portfolios constructed by Fama and French. To model the dependence structure, we propose a copula probability model. READ MORE
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8. A valuation of Swedish hedge fund performance
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : In this thesis we present annual returns of Swedish hedge funds sorted by investment strategies and investigate which strategy performs best and how the Fama-French factors: market premium, value premium and growth premium affect these returns. The Fama-French three-factor model is built on the Capital Asset Pricing Model which tries to describe the relationship between the expected return of an asset and the risk of the asset compared to the market. READ MORE
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9. Comply or Die: A Study of ESG Factor Returns and Volatility in the Nordic Countries from 2016 to 2022
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Using corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting data from 611 publicly traded firms in the Swedish House of Finance's Nordic Compass database, we estimate stock return and volatility exposures to an ESG factor during the period 2016-2022 in the Nordics. Using a Fama-Macbeth methodology, we find that during this time in the Nordic Countries exposure to an ESG factor is compensated with a risk premium and a volatility reduction in a Fama French 4 Factor model. READ MORE
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10. Can Machine Be a Good Stock Picker?: Bridging the Gap between Fundamental Data and Machine Learning
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We investigate the efficacy of historical accounting data and consensus forecasts for relative valuation of stocks, employing tree-based machine learning methods. We run an XGBoost model for monthly cross-sections of financial and pricing data of US equities from 1984 to 2021. READ MORE