Essays about: "french fama three factor model"

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1. 1. ESG Balancing the Books and the Planet: A Quantitative Analysis of Risk-Adjusted Returns in ESG and Traditional Funds

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Benjamin Javidi; Malin Larsson; [2023-08-25]
   Keywords : Capital Asset Pricing Model CAPM ; Fama-French three-factor model; ESG; Sharpe ratio; OLS Regression Analysis; Modern Portfolio Theory;

   Abstract : The demand for sustainable investment has increased in the last decade. “Environmental, Social and Governance” (ESG) are characteristics within sustainable investment and are commonly considered in private investing. READ MORE

3. 2. Exploring the Idiosyncratic Volatility Anomaly in the Swedish Stock Market: An Empirical Analysis of its Impact on Returns

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Anton Ahlqvist; Walter Uong; [2023-06-29]
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   Abstract : We examine the cross-sectional relationship between idiosyncratic volatility relative to the Fama-French three factor model and expected stock returns. We find that portfolios containing the firms with the lowest idiosyncratic risk offers excess returns in relation to the prediction of the Fama-French three factor model, while those with the highest idiosyncratic risk do not. READ MORE

4. 3. A valuation of Swedish hedge fund performance

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Elis Grönqvist; Johan Wennerström; [2023-02-09]
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   Abstract : In this thesis we present annual returns of Swedish hedge funds sorted by investment strategies and investigate which strategy performs best and how the Fama-French factors: market premium, value premium and growth premium affect these returns. The Fama-French three-factor model is built on the Capital Asset Pricing Model which tries to describe the relationship between the expected return of an asset and the risk of the asset compared to the market. READ MORE

5. 4. To Sin or Not to Sin? A Study of Traditional and New Sin Stocks on the American Stock Market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Filip Eriksson; Herman Ljungberg; Oliver Lönegård; [2023]
   Keywords : Sin Stocks; New Sin Stocks; Sustainable Investments; Social Norms; Socially Responsible Investing; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the difference in stock return between traditional sin stocks, new sin stocks, and their respective peer stocks. The purpose was to expand the scarcely researched area of new sin stocks by being the first one to focus on new sin stocks on the American stock market (United States NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stock exchanges), as this area has only been researched in Europe before. READ MORE

6. 5. The Challenges of Sustainable Investing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Herman Rönnberg; Filip Björkholm; [2023]
   Keywords : ESG; sin stocks; Sustainable investing; Russell 3000; Portfolio Construction; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Over the past decades, investment preferences towards portfolio construction have changed from focusing solely on profit maximization, into a combination of good financial perfor- mance as well as a responsible sustainability outcome. The purpose of this paper is three- fold: first, to investigate whether a sustainable portfolio based on a high environmental, social and governance (ESG) score contributes to positive returns or affects financial per- formance negatively. READ MORE