Essays about: "stocks markets"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 196 essays containing the words stocks markets.

  1. 21. Stock or Cash? Explaining the Payment Method Choice of M&As and the Effect on Performance on the European Developed Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : gustav kollberg; john skantze; [2022-06-29]
    Keywords : Payment Method; Stock Bid; Cash Bid; Determinants of the Payment Method; Cumulative Abnormal Return; Opportunistic Behaviour; Rational Payment Design; M A; Information Asymmetry; Adverse Selection;

    Abstract : We investigate what factors determine the choice of the payment method when choosing between payment of stocks or cash during an acquisition or merger. Furthermore, we examine how that choice of payment method affects the bidder’s performance in the short term by examining the changes in the cumulative abnormal return. READ MORE

  3. 22. ESG Portfolios in Different Markets - Investigating the Relationship Between ESG Performance and Financial Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ludwig Wolff; [2022]
    Keywords : ESG Portfolios; Abnormal Returns; Carhart Four-Factor Model; U.S; Europe; Emerging markets; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : By applying one of the largest datasets on ESG ratings to date with around 8000 companies included during the sample period between 2006-2021. This paper investigates the increasingly popular link between firms’ social and financial performance and the potential abnormal returns to be found using ESG investment strategies. READ MORE

  4. 23. Impact of Quantitative and Qualitative Parameters on Stock Performance

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Fredrik Nivre; Martin Sjöbohm; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied mathematics; regression analysis; financial markets; qualitative parameters; quantitative parameters; Tillämpad matematik; regressionsanalys; finansiella marknader; kvalitativa parametrar; kvantitativa parametrar;

    Abstract : Stocks belonging to publicly traded companies is a topic which in society is mystified and by some considered to be an unpredictable phenomenon where you either make an economic loss or gain seemingly by chance. Despite this, there are numerous fields of work where the sole purpose is to predict the movement of stocks in order to maximize economic gain. READ MORE

  5. 24. Does a portfolio of growth stocks outperform a portfolio of value stocks? : Evidence from Sweden and Norway

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Lina Andersson; Daniella Holmgren; [2022]
    Keywords : Growth stocks; Value stocks; P E ratio; Sharpe ratio; Jensen’s alpha; behavioural finance; efficient market hypothesis; financial crises;

    Abstract : A high return is a driving factor for most investors. The ways to reach success are many and different investment strategies on how to earn high returns have been discussed for decades. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Sensitivity of Banks' Stock Returns to the interest rate risk and exchange rate risk: A Case Study of Germany and South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Priscilla Yayra Kpoti-Mayor; Rutendo Yvonne Musimwa; [2022]
    Keywords : Bank s Stock Returns Interest rate Exchange Rate Germany South Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the single and joint effect interest and exchange rate movements have on banks’ stock returns. This study also aims to compare the volatility of the banks’ stock returns for countries in different markets using both the short and long-term interest rate and the respective exchange rates. READ MORE