Essays about: "Risk and returns"
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6. Deciphering Sector Performance in the Finnish Stock Market: A Study on Systematic Risk and Investment Strategies
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper offers an empirical analysis of the Finnish stock market with a focus on sector behaviour, performance, and the effects of systematic risk and economic downturns on sector returns. Despite the fact that Finnish sector classifications were found to differ from the GICS classifications, this research emphasizes the significance of local context in investment decisions. READ MORE
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7. The Sustainable Era - The Excess Return on Swedish Sustainable Global Equity Funds
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : This thesis explores the relationship between the performance of Swedish global equity funds and the level of sustainability, as measured by the Morningstar Globe Rating, using a Fama-French six-factor model, globe rating categories, and time effects. Treating the Morningstar Globe Rating as a time-invariant variable, a sample of 80 Swedish global equity funds are divided into two sustainability groups, ‘Low’ and ‘High’, grouping funds with 1-3 globes into a reference group. READ MORE
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8. Is ESG Investing The Future? A Comparison Of Old And New Investment Strategies
University essay fromAbstract : This thesis researches whether investing in stocks with high ESG-scores is a viable investment strategy compared to investing in stocks with low PE-ratios. This has been done through first testing the relationship between annual returns and ESG-scores and PE-ratios respectively. READ MORE
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9. Exploring the Idiosyncratic Volatility Anomaly in the Swedish Stock Market: An Empirical Analysis of its Impact on Returns
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : We examine the cross-sectional relationship between idiosyncratic volatility relative to the Fama-French three factor model and expected stock returns. We find that portfolios containing the firms with the lowest idiosyncratic risk offers excess returns in relation to the prediction of the Fama-French three factor model, while those with the highest idiosyncratic risk do not. READ MORE
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10. 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
