Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions

This research is dedicated to detect the effects of the market conditions on the performance of the socially responsible investment. Using the Lunde-Timmermann scheme, the sample period, which is set between February 2002 and June 2011, is classified into period of bull market and period of bear mar...

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Main Author: Liu, Jinxin
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25056/
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description This research is dedicated to detect the effects of the market conditions on the performance of the socially responsible investment. Using the Lunde-Timmermann scheme, the sample period, which is set between February 2002 and June 2011, is classified into period of bull market and period of bear market. Sharpe ratio, Jensen‟s alpha and Treynor‟s ration are employed to compare the performance of the SRI unit trusts and the non-SRI unit trusts in the United Kingdom. Statistically significant differences are found in the bull market supporting that the SRI unit trusts outperform the non-SRI ones. And in the bear market, the SRI unit trusts tend to underperform their non-SRI counterparties. It can be inferred that the different coverage of bull and bear market period is an important factor for the diversity of the previous research results. Analysis of previous researches that covers the UK market generates some proof of the inference of this research.
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spelling nottingham-250562018-02-17T01:22:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25056/ Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions Liu, Jinxin This research is dedicated to detect the effects of the market conditions on the performance of the socially responsible investment. Using the Lunde-Timmermann scheme, the sample period, which is set between February 2002 and June 2011, is classified into period of bull market and period of bear market. Sharpe ratio, Jensen‟s alpha and Treynor‟s ration are employed to compare the performance of the SRI unit trusts and the non-SRI unit trusts in the United Kingdom. Statistically significant differences are found in the bull market supporting that the SRI unit trusts outperform the non-SRI ones. And in the bear market, the SRI unit trusts tend to underperform their non-SRI counterparties. It can be inferred that the different coverage of bull and bear market period is an important factor for the diversity of the previous research results. Analysis of previous researches that covers the UK market generates some proof of the inference of this research. 2011-09 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25056/1/Evaluating_the_financial_performance_of_the_socially_responsible_investment_under_the_bull_and_the_bear_market_conditions.pdf Liu, Jinxin (2011) Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title_full Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title_fullStr Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title_short Evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
title_sort evaluating the financial performance of the socially responsible investment under the bull and the bear market conditions
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25056/