Essays about: "Fama-French Four Factor Model"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words Fama-French Four Factor Model.
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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. Do ESG investors pay a price for doing good - A matched pair analysis of the Swedish fund market.
University essay fromAbstract : In this thesis we examine the financial performance of Swedish mutual equity funds. We look at differences between sustainable, defined as ESG, and conventional funds. The financial performance is examined using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the Fama-French three-factor model and Carhart’s four-factor model. READ MORE
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5. Stockholm Stock Exchange and Environmental Rating – A Multifactor Analysis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The thesis investigates if investors can generate positive abnormal performance by investing in Environmental high-rated stocks on the Stockholm stock exchange based on three screening strategies; positive, negative and best-in-class for value-weighted, long-only and long-short portfolios. The sample is between 2010-2020, using CAPM, Fama-French three factor model and Carhart four factor model. READ MORE