Time-Varying Predictability in Mutual Fund Returns

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Vincent Glode

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Burton Hollifield

Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

Marcin T. Kacperczyk

Imperial College London - Accounting, Finance, and Macroeconomics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Shimon Kogan

Reichman University - Arison School of Business; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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Date Written: January 13, 2012

Abstract

We provide novel evidence that mutual fund returns are predictable after periods of high market returns but not after periods of low market returns. The asymmetric conditional predictability in relative performance cannot be fully explained by time-varying differences in transaction costs, in style exposures, or in survival probabilities of funds. Performance predictability is more pronounced for funds catering to retail investors than for funds catering to institutional investors, suggesting that unsophisticated investors make systematic mistakes in their capital allocation decisions.

Keywords: Mutual Funds, Flows, Investor Rationality, Market Conditions

JEL Classification: G23, G11, G14

Suggested Citation

Glode, Vincent and Hollifield, Burton and Kacperczyk, Marcin T. and Kogan, Shimon, Time-Varying Predictability in Mutual Fund Returns (January 13, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1364351 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1364351

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Shimon Kogan

Reichman University - Arison School of Business ( email )

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University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School ( email )

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