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1. 1. 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

3. 2. Coverage initiations : an exploratory casestudy

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Lina Ek; Maria Karlsson Osipova; [2023]
   Keywords : Commissioned equity research; Initiation report; Event study; Abnormal return; Trading volume; Uppdragsanalys; Initieringsrapport; Eventstudie; Abnormal avkastning; Handelsvolym;

   Abstract : This master thesis is exploring the influence of coverage initiation reports issued by commissioned equity research analysts on stock prices and trading volumes. Equity research actors, with their expertise and skill, are providing the market with valuable information and filling the knowledge gaps that investors may have. READ MORE

4. 3. Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Attractiveness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Samuel Dahlman; Kimiya Esphabodi; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper is a cross-country study on how national culture affects institutional private equity and venture capital investments in Europe and is based on the previous works of Groh, Liechtenstein and Lieser (2010) and Hofstede, Hofstede and Minkov (2011). We argue that national culture affects capital allocation and that this parameter is often missing in the contemporary discourse on the drivers of investments. READ MORE

5. 4. Evaluating the Effect of Meta-Labeling on Equity Market Neutral Strategy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Niclas Wölner-Hanssen; [2023]
   Keywords : Meta-Labeling; Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio; Equity Market Neutral; Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to construct an Equity Market Neutral (EMN) strategy framework to predict intraday excess returns of stocks within the S&P 500 index by utilizing machine learning techniques proposed by (López de Prado, 2018). The constructed EMN strategies within the framework utilizes techniques such as Stacked Single Feature Importance (SSFI), sample weighting, Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio (PSR), and meta-labeling. READ MORE

6. 5. Accounting for the Measurement Bias: A Study of Market Efficiency in the United States and the Relevance of Extensive Fundamental Analysis in Equity Valuation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Erik Bergmark; Hugo Freudenthal; [2023]
   Keywords : Accounting valuation bias; Fundamental analysis; Horizon Value; Market mispricing; Residual income valuation;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates abnormal returns over the period 1983-2021 from an investment strategy that is based on public accounting information. Investment positions are taken in US manufacturing firms and are held for 36 months using a self-financing (hedged) portfolio. READ MORE