An Empirical Study of Regional Mutual Funds’ Diversification Value

Portfolio Diversification and Net Selectivity Performance of Mutual Funds in Iran by Using Fama Decomposition Model

T he main purpose of this paper is to analyze the performance of mutual funds in Iran by using Fama decomposition model (1972). Thus, daily data of 55 mutual funds during a four-year period from 21/3/2014 to 21/3/2018 were investigated. To achieve this goal, firstly, the performance of mutual funds was broken down into Fama components, and it was shown that the diversification perfor...

Illiquidity Premia in Asset Returns: An Empirical Analysis of Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, and U.S. Equity Portfolios∗

We establish a link between illiquidity and positive autocorrelation in asset returns among a sample of hedge funds, mutual funds, and various equity portfolios. For hedge funds, this link can be confirmed by comparing the return autocorrelations of funds with shorter vs. longer redemption-notice periods. We also document significant positive return-autocorrelation in portfolios of securities t...

Mutual Funds in Equilibrium∗

Historically, the literature on money management has not consistently applied the rational expectations equilibrium concept. We explain why and summarize recent developments in the money management literature that do apply this concept correctly. We demonstrate that in many respects the rational expectations equilibrium better approximates the observed equilibrium in the money management space ...

Mutual Funds by Edwin

Essays on Mutual Funds

Title of dissertation: ESSAYS ON MUTUAL FUNDS Nitin Kumar, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Professor Russ Wermers Department of Finance Robert H. Smith School of Business This dissertation comprises of three essays on mutual funds. In the first essay, I test whether fund investors rationally incorporate portfolio manager ownership disclosure in their portfolio allocation de...