smart money effect in mutual funds

Runs on Money Market Mutual Funds∗

This paper studies daily investor flows to and from each money market mutual fund during the period surrounding and including the money fund crisis of September 2008. We focus on the determinants of flows in the prime money fund category to shed light on the covariates of money fund runs, since this category was, by far, the most heavily impacted by the money fund crisis. We find that outflows ...

Where do I put my money? Mutual funds versus exchange-traded funds.

Let’s start with a disclaimer. Despite going to business school, neither of us is sitting on a beach living off investments; so please, take our comments bearing that in mind. In the current column, we explore two commonly used vehicles for investing in broad asset classes. They are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds. These assets are broadly held by plastic surgeons and by the inves...

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...

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.