Finance Expert Needed
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
Project guidelines
1. You have to choose one topic (from the provided list below) or you may suggest one in the
portfolio management field.
2. It’s an individual work; every student will present a separate topic.
3. You have the choice between following two options:
i. Prepare a research project (15 pages all included) to be presented in the class
ii. Prepare a 10-15 slide PPT presentation and record your voice on it.
4. Prepared research project or PPT presentation should be uploaded via provided LMS link.
5. Deadline for submission of the files is Saturday, 19 April and all projects should be
presented by Wednesday, 30 April.
6. You can volunteer to present your project for 5 minutes during the last 15 minutes of the
class from 7 April till 30 April.
7. You must respect the stated deadlines and guidelines provided. Any kind of plagiarism is
not acceptable!
8. Total grade of the individual project is 10 marks, and 1.0 mark is deducted from each day
of late submission and 0.5 for each day of late presentation.
9. Any questions or clarifications can be communicated via email, office meeting or during
the class.
Project Assessment Criteria:
1. Introduction ………………................….………………….……………...1 marks
2. Problem statement………………….………………….…………………..1 marks
3. Research question…………………..….………………….……………....1 marks
4. Contribution…………………………….………………….……………...1 mark
5. Literature review: theory……………………….………………….….......1.5 marks
6. Literature review: empirical previous works………………….……….....1.5 marks
7. Main conclusions……………………….………………….…………......1 mark
8. References………………………….………………….………………….1 mark
9. Writing quality ………………….………………….………………….....1 mark
TOTAL:……….……….………………….………………….……….....10 marks
Some Selected Research Topics:
1. The impact of ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on European equity markets
2. The impact of ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on oil and other commodity markets
3. Covid-19 outbreak and the Saudi stock market performance
4. Covid-19 outbreak and energy market performance
5. Covid-19 outbreak and Saudi stock market sectors’ behaviors
6. Performance and risk of Islamic stocks
7. Relationship between Islamic stocks and Sukuk (Islamic bonds)
8. Sukuk market in Saudi Arabia
9. Volatility spillovers between oil and Saudi stock market
10. Palestine-Israeli conflict GCC stock market behavior
11. Investor sentiment and Saudi stock market behavior
12. Stock market efficiency in GCC countries
13. Volatility spillovers between commodities and stock markets
14. Cryptocurrencies and stock market connectedness
15. Foreign Direct Investment and the Saudi Stock Market
16. Risk transmission between commodities and stock market
17. Momentum Strategies for Investment
18. Stock market efficiency: Theory and empirical evidences
19. Anomalies in the Saudi Market
20. Emerging stock markets and Islamic finance investments
21. Portfolio management performance
22. Conventional and Islamic bonds relationship
23. Relationship between Islamic stocks and conventional stocks
24. Weak efficiency behavior in selected markets
25. Active Portfolio Management in Emerging Markets
26. Impact of new derivatives on the Saudi market
27. Downside risk and portfolio management
28. Stock market contagion effects
29. Impact of the COVID-19 on the US stock market
30. Geopolitical risk and the Saudi stock market
31. The impact of stock market contagion and the portfolio managers ‘allocation
decisions.
32. Financial portfolio selection: Trends and Challenges
33. Stock market efficiency and Event Studies
34. Do Islamic stocks perform better during crises?
35. Gold and Stock market relationship in emerging markets
36. Strategic investment in precious metals during financial turmoil
1. You have to choose one topic (from the provided list below) or you may suggest one in the
portfolio management field.
2. It’s an individual work; every student will present a separate topic.
3. You have the choice between following two options:
i. Prepare a research project (15 pages all included) to be presented in the class
ii. Prepare a 10-15 slide PPT presentation and record your voice on it.
4. Prepared research project or PPT presentation should be uploaded via provided LMS link.
5. Deadline for submission of the files is Saturday, 19 April and all projects should be
presented by Wednesday, 30 April.
6. You can volunteer to present your project for 5 minutes during the last 15 minutes of the
class from 7 April till 30 April.
7. You must respect the stated deadlines and guidelines provided. Any kind of plagiarism is
not acceptable!
8. Total grade of the individual project is 10 marks, and 1.0 mark is deducted from each day
of late submission and 0.5 for each day of late presentation.
9. Any questions or clarifications can be communicated via email, office meeting or during
the class.
Project Assessment Criteria:
1. Introduction ………………................….………………….……………...1 marks
2. Problem statement………………….………………….…………………..1 marks
3. Research question…………………..….………………….……………....1 marks
4. Contribution…………………………….………………….……………...1 mark
5. Literature review: theory……………………….………………….….......1.5 marks
6. Literature review: empirical previous works………………….……….....1.5 marks
7. Main conclusions……………………….………………….…………......1 mark
8. References………………………….………………….………………….1 mark
9. Writing quality ………………….………………….………………….....1 mark
TOTAL:……….……….………………….………………….……….....10 marks
Some Selected Research Topics:
1. The impact of ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on European equity markets
2. The impact of ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on oil and other commodity markets
3. Covid-19 outbreak and the Saudi stock market performance
4. Covid-19 outbreak and energy market performance
5. Covid-19 outbreak and Saudi stock market sectors’ behaviors
6. Performance and risk of Islamic stocks
7. Relationship between Islamic stocks and Sukuk (Islamic bonds)
8. Sukuk market in Saudi Arabia
9. Volatility spillovers between oil and Saudi stock market
10. Palestine-Israeli conflict GCC stock market behavior
11. Investor sentiment and Saudi stock market behavior
12. Stock market efficiency in GCC countries
13. Volatility spillovers between commodities and stock markets
14. Cryptocurrencies and stock market connectedness
15. Foreign Direct Investment and the Saudi Stock Market
16. Risk transmission between commodities and stock market
17. Momentum Strategies for Investment
18. Stock market efficiency: Theory and empirical evidences
19. Anomalies in the Saudi Market
20. Emerging stock markets and Islamic finance investments
21. Portfolio management performance
22. Conventional and Islamic bonds relationship
23. Relationship between Islamic stocks and conventional stocks
24. Weak efficiency behavior in selected markets
25. Active Portfolio Management in Emerging Markets
26. Impact of new derivatives on the Saudi market
27. Downside risk and portfolio management
28. Stock market contagion effects
29. Impact of the COVID-19 on the US stock market
30. Geopolitical risk and the Saudi stock market
31. The impact of stock market contagion and the portfolio managers ‘allocation
decisions.
32. Financial portfolio selection: Trends and Challenges
33. Stock market efficiency and Event Studies
34. Do Islamic stocks perform better during crises?
35. Gold and Stock market relationship in emerging markets
36. Strategic investment in precious metals during financial turmoil