Essays about: "SEC"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 132 essays containing the word SEC.

  1. 21. Profiting from uncertainty: A study on the informativeness of insider trades during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Sandra Nordlöw; Einar Ottesen Kalman; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Insider Trading; NPR; SEC; Market Reactions;

    Abstract : Using publicly available data on insider trades made in constituent companies of the S&P 500, this paper examines the return of- and market reactions to insider trades made during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show that insider trading activity peaked in the early months of the pandemic, that insiders did possess predictive ability concerning future stock development and that they hence were able to beat the market during our sample period. READ MORE

  3. 22. Boom, Bust and Betrayal- Business cycles and securities fraud in the US between 1996-2019

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Viktoria Carshaw; Rinske de Vries; [2021-06-29]
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    Abstract : We study the relationship between macroeconomic factors and the number of settled securities fraud cases through the proxy of SEC class action lawsuits. We perform an empirical study of all SEC class action convictions between 1996-2019 and their relationship with business cycles as proxied by a housing price index and GDP. READ MORE

  4. 23. Towards automatically generating explanations of software systems Generating explanations of a web-template system in different abstraction levels

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Alex Tao; Mahsa Roodbari; [2021-03-03]
    Keywords : software; explanation; architectural view; requirement; architecture; rationale; implementation; ontology; artifacts; architectural knowledge;

    Abstract : Traditional software documentation is often challenging to manage as its content grow. For example, information becomes scattered, information become hard to retrieve and the documentation has to satisfy multiple different stakeholders. The aim of this study was to find ways to address these challenges. READ MORE

  5. 24. Exploring Construction of a Company Domain-Specific Knowledge Graph from Financial Texts Using Hybrid Information Extraction

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Chun-Heng Jen; [2021]
    Keywords : Natural Language Processing; Information Extraction; Named Entity Recognition; Relation Extraction; Knowledge Graph; Naturlig språkbehandling; Informationsextraktion; Namngiven Entitetsigenkänning; Relationsextraktion; Kunskapsgraf;

    Abstract : Companies do not exist in isolation. They are embedded in structural relationships with each other. Mapping a given company’s relationships with other companies in terms of competitors, subsidiaries, suppliers, and customers are key to understanding a company’s major risk factors and opportunities. READ MORE

  6. 25. Discovery of peptides in Chinese medicinal plants

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap

    Author : Mostafa Afshar; [2021]
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    Abstract : In this study, 20 well-known Chinese medicinal plants are included. Traditionally, these medicinal herbs were consumed for different diseases but have one application in common, treatment of rheumatism arthritis. READ MORE