Essays about: "country Risk and returns"

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  1. 16. The Liquidity of Swedish Covered Bonds compared to Swedish Government Bonds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Patrik Schölander; Nikolay Zhechev; [2014]
    Keywords : liquidity; covered bonds; government bonds; price impact; liquidity risk;

    Abstract : In the Swedish context covered bonds are a young financial development that quickly became crucial for the financial stability of the country. The intended goal of this paper is to compare the liquidity of this type of debt to the liquidity of Swedish government bonds, which generally is considered a very safe asset. READ MORE

  3. 17. Foreign direct investments under political uncertainty : a case study of crop production in Ukraine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Anastasiia Valdenfeldt; [2013]
    Keywords : Foreign Direct Investments; Net Present Value; Return on Investment; political risk; political uncertainty; Ukraine;

    Abstract : Intense competition among companies and luck or unavailability of certain resources in country of company’s origin force last to cross the borders, and start to hunt for new markets and cheaper inputs. However, by investing abroad the company is not only facing and dealing with cultural differences and new regulatory framework, but also becomes dependent on decisions and actions of different and to large extend unknown government. READ MORE

  4. 18. Performance of passive long term investments : A longitudinal study over the relative performance of emerging- and developed markets

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Haseeb Zaman Babar; Johan Norberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Terminal growth; Sharpe ratio; Currency effect; Skewness and Kurtosis; BRIC; CIVETS; Emerging Markets;

    Abstract : The concept of emerging markets came to surface in early 1980 and constituted of only eight countries from the two continents of South America and Asia. The globalization of financial markets has since raised the importance of emerging capital markets. READ MORE

  5. 19. A case study on the risk-adjusted- financial performance of The Vice Fund : The risk-adjusted-financial performance of this fund will be evaluate through a comparison with an other mutual fund having a different investment strategy and with two benchmarks.

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Arthur Bernardin; Camille Dumoussaud; [2013]
    Keywords : fund’s return; Sharpe’s ratio; normalized Sharpe’s ratio; modified Sharpe’s ratio; Treynor’s ratio; Jensen’s ratio; sin fund;

    Abstract : Nowadays, there is a debate about the possibility that sin stocks bring higher returns than other ones to the investors. This thesis is a case study on a mutual fund: The Vice Fund. This US fund has a specific investment strategy: it invests in sin stocks. READ MORE

  6. 20. Foreign direct investments into French real estate

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Arthur BRIZARD; [2013]
    Keywords : FDI; real estate; corporate; France;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to draw the global trend of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the French real estate market since 2008 and to understand foreign investors’ behavior and the incentives which urge them to invest in French property market. This study relies on the numerous yearly reports released by consulting and real estate companies and gives an overview of FDI since 2008. READ MORE