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Competition in the Swedish mutual fund industry
(2014-06-24)
The mutual fund industry plays an important role in the Swedish
society where a part of the future income for all people is linked
to the return of Swedish mutual fund industry and its assets.
The purpose of this thesis ...
Argentina´s Net Trade Development under an Exchange Rate Switch
(2014-06-17)
Argentina had a fixed exchange rate until January 2002 when the Argentinean banks allowed the peso to trade freely due to all the economic problems that the country underwent. This prompts us to find the impact of different ...
Funds Management Fees - Do you get what you pay for?
(2014-06-17)
In this thesis, we study the relationship of 194 mutual funds’ management fees with respect to the funds’ risk-adjusted return, the alpha, derived from the four-factor model as defined by Carhart in 1997. This relationship ...
A Comparison between the Performance of Ehtical and Conventional US Funds - Do different ethical characteristics matter?
(2014-06-17)
This thesis investigates if there are differences in performance and investment styles between ethical and conventional US funds in the time period January 2004 – January 2014. We study both a pooled ethical portfolio and ...
Avoiding Yen Carry Trade Unwind Through Diversification
(2014-01-27)
This study compares Markowitz’s mean-variance carry trade portfolios with traditional foreign exchange carry trade investments. The strategy generates on average positive yields over the total time frame, including the ...