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The relationship between ESG and stock performance in sensitive and non-sensitive industries during the COVID-19 crisis
(2022-09-02)
This thesis examines the relationship between ESG and stock performance in sensitive and non-sensitive industries during the COVID-19 crisis. It is based on a sample consisting of 344 unique Swedish companies during the ...
Abnormal returns from insider trading - does insider trading generate abnormal returns for the Swedish stock exchange and large cap Stockholm?
(2022-07-11)
This paper studies insider trading and abnormal returns on the Large Cap list of the Swedish stock exchange using a sample of 119 firms and 10528 individual transactions between the period 2016-2022. The study is built on ...
Navigating the IPO Landscape - The Influence of Stock Exchange Regulations on IPO Underpricing in Sweden
(2023-07-06)
The study explores the phenomenon of IPO underpricing in the Swedish market, specifically the impact of stock exchange regulations on the first-day abnormal return of IPOs. The paper analyzes data from 2018 to 2022 and ...
Is there a trade-off between economic return and ESG rating?
(2022-07-01)
ESG scores have during the last 15 years been used to categorize firms by rating according to environmental, social and governance aspects. Earlier research looking at performance and ESG indicates various results for ...
The value of a good deed; ESG-scores and returns in the Nordic stock markets
(2023-11-07)
This paper seeks to answer which effect ESG-scores have on risk-adjusted returns for stocks listed on Nordic stock markets. To answer this, we create five null hypotheses and use unequal variance t-tests to determine if ...
Using sentiment analysis on Reddit to predict stock returns
(2022-07-01)
This thesis explores if sentiment analysis can be utilized to predict meme stock returns by analyzing social media activity on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets. We further look at how meme stocks differ from non-meme stocks ...
Hållbarhetsaspekter i investeringsbeslut
(2022-07-01)
The purpose of this report is to examine whether institutional investors value sustainability in their investment decisions when investing on the leading indices of the Scandinavian market.
The report performs panel data ...
VC Investment Decisions: Hunches, Metrics, or Coin Flips?
(2023-06-30)
Venture capitalists (VCs) face a complex decision-making process when selecting startups to invest in. This qualitative single case study aims to highlight the factors VCs take into account and how their decisions vary ...
Examining the Impact of Football Tournaments on Equity Markets: An Analysis of Market Anomalies, Market Dynamics and Investor sentiment
(2023-07-06)
This paper investigates whether two international football tournaments have an effect on the performance of four major stock markets during the event period. Some previous literature suggest that the NYSE index tended to ...
Do the buy it?
(2024-02-05)
An increasingly popular tool for firms seeking growth, is to merge with or acquire other
firms. So popular that an entire industry of advisers has evolved to provide guidance
in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process. ...