Skewness analysis on Japanese stocks, random portfolios, industry portfolios and market indices.

• Main Authors: Ng, Yi Ting., Ong, Hui Ling., Tan, Yue Li.
• 其他作者: Kong, Yoon Kee
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 出版: 2008
• 主題: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Equity
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9290
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

We study skewness of stocks in Japan with particular emphasis on industry portfolios. Industry portfolios are unique as they are formed from stocks that tend to move in the same fashion and possess similar cyclical tendencies. We find that the formation of industry portfolios helps to ‘preserve’ pos...