Essays about: "implied equity premium"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words implied equity premium.

  1. 1. Performance of Small- and Large-cap stock portfolios- The importance of market anomalies across business cycles

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Erik Hulth; [2021-06-30]
    Keywords : Stock performance; Market anomalies; Asset pricing; Portfolio sorting techniques; Factor-portfolio sorting techniques; Value effect; Size effect; Momentum effect; Temporal influences; Business cycles; GDP-gap; Single-and Multi- Factor models; CAPM; Fama-French Three-Factor model; Carhart Four-Factor model; Risk-adjusted equity returns; Sharpe Ratio; Jensen´s alpha; NASDAQ OMX and NYSE;

    Abstract : This Master´s thesis investigated the importance of the market anomalies size (market capitalization), value (Book-to-Market ratio) and momentum (lagged short-term momentum) for equity returns of small- and large-cap composite stock portfolios. The study focused on two contrasting stock markets (NASDAQ OMX and NYSE) across domestic business cycles over the time-period 2006 to 2021. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effects of political uncertainty on options: An empirical study of S&P 500, Euro Stoxx 50, and S&P sectors around political events

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Gabriel Wannes; Nihat Anwar; [2021]
    Keywords : Political uncertainty; Options; Implied volatility; Sectors;

    Abstract : We study options spanning political events and examine whether a price premium, associated with the political uncertainty from events, exists. First, we use recent data and replicate parts of Kelly, Pastor, and Veronesi (2016) by analysing how the price risk, variance risk, and tail risk associated with political events, affect equity options on the S&P 500 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices. READ MORE

  4. 3. DOES IT PAY TO BE ESG? : An empirical analysis of sustainability in the Nordic countries from a risk and valuation perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Corentin Arnou; Marcus Hammarstedt; [2021]
    Keywords : ESG; Cost of equity; Sustainable finance; Price-to-earnings ratio; Price-to-book ratio; Enterprise value to earnings before interest and taxes ratio; Covid-19; Shareholder’s theory; Stakeholder’s theory; Information asymmetry;

    Abstract : In the field of sustainable finance, Environmental-, Social- and Governance-ratings (ESG) have become an acknowledged measurement of a firm's sustainability performance. The increased awareness of sustainability issues in today's society is undeniable. READ MORE

  5. 4. Machine Learning - The Future of Equity Premium Prediction

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Alfred Hedlund; Ibrahim Mete Bacak; [2020]
    Keywords : Machine learning; Equity premium; Prediction; Penalized linear models; Non-linear models;

    Abstract : Predictions of the equity premium have historically been made by using traditional predictive regressions. Despite the great promise of machine learning applications for prediction tasks, it has largely been overlooked in the financial literature. READ MORE

  6. 5. Volatility of Volatility - The Uncertainties of Risks

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Mladen Milutinovic; Haojiang Zhao; [2015]
    Keywords : Empirical Asset Pricing; Volatility of Volatility; Volatility; Risk factors in Asset Pricing; Long-Short Trading Strategy;

    Abstract : This paper is an attempt to explore the characteristics of volatility of volatility on the aggregate level and investigate its role in the pricing of equity assets. Several measures of volatility of volatility for the S&P 500 index are elaborated and investigated in this study; realized, parametrized and implied. READ MORE