Essays about: "benchmark indices"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words benchmark indices.
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1. The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on the Shares of Automotive Manufacturers in the USA, Asia, and Europe in the Short and Long Run
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to broaden the remits of the relatively scant hitherto literature focused on the impact of the changes in macroeconomic indicators on automotive stock returns. Since a considerable fraction of previous empirical research covered multiple industries, historical results may not be directly transferable for the purposes of the analysis of the automotive industry. READ MORE
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2. ETF Cost Obfuscation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Index-tracking ETFs have gained popularity by both retail and institutional investors over the past years while costs in the form of fees have declined due to competitive pressures. Index-tracking funds are relatively homogenous products with only the goal of replicating an index as close as possible. READ MORE
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3. Decomposition of ETFs: Building a synthetic portfolio of ETFs major positions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates the performance of benchmark indices and according ETFs against the synthetic portfolios that were built using the five major holdings of the selected benchmark index and its ETF. Not only do we test the synthetic portfolios, but from them, we make optimal (re-balanced) portfolios using mean-variance optimization (with short-selling constraints). READ MORE
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4. How do ESG assets relate to the financial market? : A Diebold-Yilmaz spillover approach to sustainable finance
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate to what extent ESG assets and traditional benchmarks affect one another. Since sustainable investment is a growing segment of the financial market, investors need to be informed about how it may affect their portfolios, and by extension if it can be used for portfolio diversification. READ MORE
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5. Using Machine Learning to Predict Aggregate Excess Returns
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In this paper we examine whether standard linear regression and machine learning tools can be used to predict the time series of total returns in excess of the risk-free rate on the S&P500 and FTSE100 indices. We have virtually no success in predicting monthly returns. However, we do have some success in predicting annual returns. READ MORE