Mutual Funds’ Performance Sensitivity to Funds’ Attributes. Case Study: Saudi Mutual Funds

Performance Persistence in Mutual Funds:

* The authors thank Russ Wermers for conversations related to performance persistence. The authors will not enter into any correspondence with members of the public concerning this report.

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...

Risk-Adjusted Performance of Mutual Funds

T he number of mutual funds has grown dramatically in recent years. The Financial Research Corporation data base, the source of data for this article, lists 7,734 distinct mutual fund portfolios. Mutual funds are now the preferred way for individual investors and many institutions to participate in the capital markets, and their popularity has increased demand for evaluations of fund performanc...