Essays about: "Stock Market Crash"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Stock Market Crash.

  1. 1. Fight or Flight: How stock market crashes affect private investors’ portfolio diversification in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Ludvig Löfqvist; Erik Åhlstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Investment behavior; Diversification; Stock market crash; Demographic factors;

    Abstract : Background: Stock ownership has been increasing in Sweden, with 2,7 million individual owners in 2022, up from 2,1 million in 2018. A trend shows that younger individuals are becoming more involved in stock ownership, while those over 40 are decreasing in numbers. READ MORE

  2. 2. Is Covid-19 a blessing in disguise for young people and their personal finance?

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Hugo Wirén; Philip Ågerup; [2023]
    Keywords : Decision making; change of behavior; overconfidence; Covid-19; stock market crash; herding behavior; young investors; blessing in disguise; financial literacy;

    Abstract : The global pandemic of Covid-19 led to a crisis of not only fatal impact but financially. The stock market experienced one of its biggest market crashes ever and the young investors of our generation experienced something that they could never imagine. READ MORE

  3. 3. Sustainable Investments and Stock Returns: A Study of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Erika Höglund; Jennifer Suffield; [2022]
    Keywords : ESG; Sustainability; COVID-19; Stock market crash; Investor preferences;

    Abstract : Using cross-sectional regressions, we study the relationship between sustainability scores and stock returns during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that EU firms that entered the COVID-19 stock market crash with a higher ESG score achieved higher stock returns during the stock market crash. READ MORE

  4. 4. Investing in Bitcoin and Ethereum during stock market turmoil - a Swedish Perspective. : A study on the hedging, safe-haven, and diversification characteristics of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Gold against the OMX30 during the COVID-19 crisis and Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Erik Larsson; Lukas Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : DCC-GARCH; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Gold; Safe-Haven; Hedging; Diversification; COVID-19; Russia; Ukraine;

    Abstract : The world has faced tumultuous times in recent years with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine causing the stock market to be unusually volatile. During such times investors tend to flee to alternative investment opportunities that are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with the stock market, called safe-haven assets. READ MORE

  5. 5. Cryptocurrencies and Swedish Stocks Performance During the Covid-19 Shock : Which market suffered more from the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Petter Helsén; Lukas Andersson; [2022]
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    Abstract : This paper explores whether cryptocurrencies outperformed the Swedish stock market during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the analysis, we used four cryptocurrencies in the form of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and Binance Coin, and the OMXS30 stock index. READ MORE