Essays about: "Winners from Losers"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words Winners from Losers.

  1. 21. Whose and what justice? : A content analysis of the United Nations' Post-2015 Development Agenda

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Pontus Wallin; [2015]
    Keywords : Post-2015; MDGs; social justice; distributive; retributive; transformative; justice;

    Abstract : As the timeframe of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is running out this year, the Post-2015 Development Agenda soon arrive at its final negotiations. Criticisms of the MDGs have primarily concerned the inaccurate implementation of social justice to the most vulnerable and poor, and the limited understanding of the underlying interconnectedness of the goals. READ MORE

  3. 22. Momentum Crashes in Sweden : NASDAQ OMX Stockholm from a Momentum Perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Andreas Blackestam; Viktor Setterqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : momentum; momentum effect; momentum crashes; financial momentum; efficient market hypothesis;

    Abstract : Momentum, or the basic idea of the momentum effect in finance, is that there is a tendency for rising asset prices to continue rising, while the falling prices continue to fall. As such, a momentum strategy is based on the idea that previous returns will predict future returns. READ MORE

  4. 23. Drivers of the Disposition Effect: A Study Testing for Motivating Forces of Investors' Propensity to Realize Gains over Losses

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ludvig Kapanen; Alexander Berglund; [2013]
    Keywords : Disposition Effect; Market Sentiment; Implied Market Volatility; Stock Characteristics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, 2,864,940 trade transactions of 125,555 US retail investors from 1991-1996 are analyzed to investigate if variations in the disposition effect, the tendency of investors to sell winning investments too soon and hold losing investments too long, can be explained by investor sentiment and implied market volatility. First, we run a regression analysis between the disposition effect and market sentiment, where results show no significant correlation. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Momentum Effect: Evidence from the Swedish stock market

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Vilbern; [2008]
    Keywords : momentum effect; efficient market hypothesis; Jegadeesh and Titman;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the profitability of the momentum strategy in the Swedish stock market. The momentum strategy is an investment strategy where past winners are bought and past losers are sold short. In this paper Swedish stocks are analyzed during the period 1999 – 2007 with the approach first used by Jegadeesh and Titman (1993). READ MORE

  6. 25. MARKETING ACROSS CULTURES: A case study of IKEA Shanghai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ying Pan; [2007]
    Keywords : IKEA; marketing strategy; culture; cultural studies; China; Shanghai; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The past century saw rapid growth of multinational companies around the globe. Along with the tide of globalization, these companies are compelled to deal with customers cultivated in different cultures. China, boosting a remarkable economic growth in the past two decades, stands out under the spotlight of international business. READ MORE