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An Examination Of The Efficacy Of Christian-Based Socially Responsible Investment Funds, Richard Stultz
An Examination Of The Efficacy Of Christian-Based Socially Responsible Investment Funds, Richard Stultz
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This applied doctoral research project examined the efficacy of Christian-based socially responsible investment funds. The researcher performed quantitative analysis of the risk-adjusted yields of the funds as compared to the S&P 500 Index as well as other types of socially responsible investment funds to accomplish this task. The timeframe for the study was 1995 to 2015. An examination of the differences in the performance of funds within the Christian-based category was also completed. Overall, the Christian-based funds underperformed the S&P 500 Index. The difference was statistically significant at the α = .10 level for each time period (i.e., 1-, 3-, …