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This paper presents the first analysis of open-end leverage certificates on the Germanmarket. The major innovations of these certificates are twofold. First, issuers announcea price-setting formula according to which they are willing to buy and sell thecertificates over time. Second, the...
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Ein Überblick über in Deutschland emittierte Turbo-Zertifikate zeigt den enormen Erfolg dieser Finanzinnovation. In diesem Beitrag werden Long- und Short-Zertifikate bewertet und analysiert. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die jüngst von einigen Emittenten offen kommunizierte Preisstellung...
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The interest rate sensitivity of the stock returns of financial and non-financial corporations is awell-known phenomenon. However, only little is known about how much of total stockreturns is attributable to the compensation an investor receives for being exposed to interestrate risk when...
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In this paper we analyze the influence of market climates on mutual fund Sharpe ratios. First, in a theoretical analysis based on a common factor model in performance analysis, we show that a significant bias results from market climate - in addition to the obvious influence of fund management...
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This article defines the investor-specific performance measure ISM necessary for investors in practically relevant decision situations. In such situations a typical investor creates an overall protfolio consisting of three parts: an arbitrary fund, a risk-free asset and an existing, fixed...
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This article adds new insights to the ongoing discussion of whether the Sharpe ratio is appropriate to assess the performance of funds in abnormal periosd, e.b., when average excess returns of funds are negative. We show two main factors influencing the Sharpe ratio: first, of course, the...
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We examine here the risk-adjusted performance of European mutual funds offered in Germany which invest in euro-denominated investment grade corporate bonds. The funds are evaluated employing a single-index model and several multi-index and asset-class-factor models. In order to account for the...
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