Return performance of sin stocks: Evidence from Western European market
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Bachelor's thesis
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2021
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Rahoitus
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fi
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22 + 7
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In this paper, I investigate the monthly returns of a portfolio consisting of sin stocks in Western Europe over the period 2000 to 2021 and during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Sin stocks in this paper include companies involved in alcohol, tobacco and gambling industries. I find that the Sin Portfolio – portfolio consisting of sin stocks – provides investors significant abnormal returns over the market portfolio over the long term. Furthermore, I examine the industry returns individually and by excluding each industry from the Sin Portfolio one by one. I find that gambling drives at least partly the returns of the Sin Portfolio as the significance disappears when I exclude gambling stocks from the Sin Portfolio. The Sin Portfolio provides positive but not significant returns during Covid-19. However, I find significant abnormal returns among gambling stocks during the pandemic. Results suggest that gambling stocks drive the returns of the Sin Stock portfolio at least partly.Description
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Kokkonen, JoniKeywords
sin stocks, Western Europe, abnormal return, Covid-19