THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE INVESTMENTS EFFECTIVENESS IN THE SHARES OF IT SECTOR COMPANIES LISTED ON THE WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced changes in the global economy and caused the world to focus on the IT sector. The goal of the article is to determine the influence of the pandemic on the investment effectiveness in the shares of IT sector companies. The investment effectiveness during the pandemic was analyzed on the example of investments in selected stocks of companies listed on the WSE in the years 2019-2020. Returns on selected stocks and risk-adjusted measures of profitability based on the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) were used, and statistical verification of the quality of asset management in relation to the performance of the WIG index was carried out. The results show that during the pandemic, the effectiveness of investments in the shares of the Polish IT sector differed significantly from the WIG investment portfolio. This information can be discounted in the management process at the market risk estimation stage.