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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

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Anton Ahlqvist; Walter Uong; [2023-06-29]
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    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A valuation of Swedish hedge fund performance

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Författare :Elis Grönqvist; Johan Wennerström; [2023-02-09]
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    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Challenges of Sustainable Investing

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Revisiting the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle and MAX Effect in European Equity Markets

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :David Böckling; Jurgis Druktenis; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Idiosyncratic volatility; Fama-French three-factor model; MAX effect; European equity markets; Asset pricing anomalies;

    Sammanfattning : In light of traditional financial theory's argument that firm-specific risk should not impact future returns, the findings of the Idiosyncratic Volatility (IVOL) puzzle, as well as the Maximum Daily Returns (MAX) effect, have sparked a vibrant academic debate. Using data from January, 1993, to December, 2022, this paper presents European aggregate and country-level evidence at the intersection between the two asset pricing anomalies. LÄS MER