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An Exploration Of The Impact Of Economic Recessions On The S&P 500 And Its Sectors, Weston Sizemore
An Exploration Of The Impact Of Economic Recessions On The S&P 500 And Its Sectors, Weston Sizemore
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a method of predicting future stock prices based on past returns. Specific areas of CAPM analysis utilize regression analysis to accomplish this goal. Historic prices and returns for a specific stock in a company, or even whole sectors of the economy, are compared with the corresponding returns for the market. There have been several historical recessions in United States history, as well as a current, ongoing recession. These recessions, along with their causes and effects, will be discussed extensively in this paper. This paper utilizes an analysis of the Capital Asset Pricing Model …
How Has Covid-19 Affected Financial Gains Of Big-Tech Companies?, Erin Flanigen
How Has Covid-19 Affected Financial Gains Of Big-Tech Companies?, Erin Flanigen
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial returns received by Big-Tech companies in order to predict future financial returns and related business activities. The main objectives of this paper are to delineate business models and financial statements of Big-Tech companies prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, present ample, relevant economic information regarding COVID-19, and encompass the effects of COVID-19 on global economies. This study then predicts the future economic effects of COVID-19 on Big-Tech companies. The selected Big-Tech companies included in this study are Facebook, Alphabet (Google), Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon; each company saw …