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Mandatory ESG Disclosure and its Effect on Firm Performance
(2021-06-23)
With the intention to reach a more sustainable future, the EU implemented Directive
2014/95/EU in 2014, mandating large and public firms to start disclosing ESG information.
The resulting changes are however first ...
DOES BITCOIN MAKE SWEDES SHARP(E)? An empirical study of the effect on riskadjusted return when including Bitcoin in the average Swedish investor´s portfolio
(2018-07-05)
Globalization causes domestic markets to become increasingly correlated, making it harder for investors to find instruments for diversification. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that has shown spectacular returns and drawn great ...
Januarieffekten på Stockholmsbörsen
(2021-06-28)
This report aims to investigate whether the January-effect is present at the swedish stock market and if the introduction of the investeringssparkonto has reduced the effect. Previous research on the January-effect is ...
Skäller hundarna högt i Sverige? En undersökning av Dogs of the Dow-strategin på den svenska aktiemarknaden
(2017-07-04)
The aim of this study is to re-examine the performance of the investment strategy proposed by John Slatter in 1988 called Dogs of the Dow on the Swedish stock market. The investment strategy of picking the 10 stocks with ...
Hållbarhetsredovisning inom den svenska banksektorn -En innehållsanalys av hållbarhetsredovisning om mångfald och jämställdhet inom banksektorn
(2018-02-22)
Bakgrund: Tryck från omvärlden har bidragit till ökat fokus hos banksektorn i fråga om
mångfald och jämställdhet. Efterfrågan på information har lett till att publiceringen av
hållbarhetsrapporter har eskalerat. Banker ...
Predicting Asset Prices with Machine Learning
(2020-06-29)
This study examines whether machine learning techniques such as neural networks contain predictability when modeling asset prices and if they can improve on asset pricing prediction compared to traditional OLS-regressions. ...
The Effect of Attention on the Behaviour of Investors Using a Social Trading Platform, Shareville
(2016-07-07)
When buying a stock, it is impossible to take hundreds or thousands of stocks into consideration. A way for investors to simplify the search problem is to make the choice from stocks that have caught their attention. ...
Performance of hedge fund strategies in bull and bear markets
(2016-07-06)
Hedge funds use a wide variety of investment styles, although many people have the perception that they are a relatively homogenous group with similar strategies to generate returns. Understanding the differences in the ...
Första-Fjärde AP-fonden: Riskjusterad avkastning och risk 2001-2017
(2018-07-11)
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the four Swedish public pension funds
AP1-4 contribute to the stability of the pension system by evaluating their mandate as formulated in the law. The thesis contributes ...
Stock market response to unsustainable conduct within listed companies
(2021-07-13)
News spreads quickly in our rapidly innovative world, which has implications for companies when scandals are exposed to the public. In this report, we explore whether there is a connection between unethical actions and the ...