Essays about: "Sin-stocks"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word Sin-stocks.
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1. 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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2. 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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3. Sin Stocks: An Analysis of the Sin Premium in the US, European, and Asia-Pacific Markets
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims to explain the return of so-called sin stocks, which include businesses operating in the alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapon, and oil & gas industries. Due to their negative public perception, these stocks are anticipated to yield a sin premium. READ MORE
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4. Are Sin Stocks Worth the Sin?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In this paper, we empirically test whether sin stocks outperform the financial market in the United States. The time period studied is from 2007-2021. We create a portfolio of all the publicly traded U.S. READ MORE
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5. By Vice or Virtue: Does it Pay Off to Sin During Market Downturns?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates sin stock characteristics through relative return performance compared to the global market index MSCI World, defining stock defensiveness towards market movements (i.e. recession resistance) and abnormal amounts of excess returns. READ MORE