Essays about: "consumer discretionary"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words consumer discretionary.
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1. Green Goes Green: To What Extent Does A Company's ESG Rating Correlate With Its Stock Performance During The Covid-19 Pandemic? A Panel Data Regression Study On The EU Stock Market
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines the relationship between ESG scores and financial performance during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, using a sample of over 1,000 stocks from the EU and Schengen countries. For the overall market, the results revealed no significant relationship between the pre-2020 ESG score and financial performance. READ MORE
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2. Unexpected Inflation and the Stock Market: A revisit of a long-forgotten enigma
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : As inflation has reached 40-year highs in the U.S., there is a new opportunity to revisit the relationship between the stock market and inflation. We first develop a theoretical valuation model based on a typical S&P 500 stock to benchmark the intrinsic value change one can expect when inflation increases by one percentage point. READ MORE
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3. The Impact of Inflation on Capital Rotation in Inflationary Inflection Points : An Investigation on How Inflation Affects Capital Rotation Between Major Market Sectors as Economies Shift from Disinflation to Reflation
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi; Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi, Finansiering och StatistikAbstract : There has been a multi-decade disinflationary period that, with the conjunction of recent pandemic-related events, led to extremes in various economic metrics: record lowest interest rates and inflation, increasingly loose monetary and fiscal policies leading to severe debt levels and money supply - all resulting in a multi-front pressure on inflation to start increasing, and after 30 years, for economic environments to reach an inflection point from disinflation to reflation. How would various market sectors perform if suddenly inflation starts to surge? Previous research of similar events, such as in the 1970s, as well as theory, points towards certain market sectors and asset classes, such as commodities, to outperform their peers. READ MORE
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4. Understanding the Importance of Commodities : How Price Movements in Commodities Affect Different Sectors
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Most investors strive to maximise return, with lowest possible risk, by designing portfolios believed to perform well in the future. One way to accomplish this is through diversifying over different sectors, which is done best with a good understanding of different factors’ effect on specific sectors. READ MORE
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5. Identifiable Intangible Assets in Business Combinations -A Quantitative Study of US Companies
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis is a quantitative study of how U.S. companies allocate purchase prices paid in acquisitions to identified intangible assets in relation to goodwill. It seeks to identify how the percentage of identified intangible assets in business combinations varies with acquirer firm characteristics. READ MORE
