Essays about: "Risk-Adjustment Return"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Risk-Adjustment Return.
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1. Skill, Scale and Investor Return in Established and Emerging Markets - An empirical study of equity mutual fund performance between markets with contrasting characteristics
University essay fromAbstract : In this report we empirically analyze the effects of returns to scale for equity mutual funds in the Nordic and Asian regions. We also investigate whether or not funds generate alpha (i.e., have skill). READ MORE
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2. To Spin Off or Not To Spin Off?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study investigates the value creation of U.S. spin-offs undertaken between 2010 and 2017 from three perspectives. Firstly, shareholder wealth creation is analyzed through tests on unadjusted abnormal announcement-day returns and unadjusted abnormal long-term returns. READ MORE
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3. Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The argument put forward in this paper is that stocks listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, from 1993 to 2016, exhibits return continuation over an intermediate-horizon. The best performing strategy, which selects stocks based on the previous six months’ returns and holds the portfolio for three subsequent months, yields an average monthly return of 2. READ MORE
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4. SWEDISH MUTUAL EQUITY FUND PERFORMANCE - A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SWEDISH FUNDS INVESTING IN SWEDEN & THE U.S.
University essay fromAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the performance of Swedish mutual equity funds that primarily invest in either the Swedish or the U.S. market. Complementing prior research, we emphasis the relative performance differences between two markets and compare different portfolios with domestic indices. READ MORE
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5. Performance Evaluation of European Green Mutual Funds - Is There an Economic Trade-Off?
University essay fromAbstract : In this thesis, we investigate the financial performance of European green and conventional mutual equity funds over the 2007 – 2017 period. We applied the Carhart (1997) four-factor model over three different periods, and find evidence that the risk-adjusted alphas are not statistically different. READ MORE