Can Mutual Fund 'Stars' Really Pick Stocks? New Evidence from a Bootstrap Analysis
56 Pages Posted: 28 Nov 2005 Last revised: 17 Oct 2013
There are 2 versions of this paper
Can Mutual Fund 'Stars' Really Pick Stocks? New Evidence from a Bootstrap Analysis
Can Mutual Fund 'Stars' Really Pick Stocks? New Evidence from a Bootstrap Analysis
Date Written: September 1, 2005
Abstract
We apply a new bootstrap statistical technique to examine the performance of the U.S. open-end, domestic-equity mutual fund industry over the 1975 to 2002 period. This bootstrap approach is necessary because the cross-section of mutual fund alphas has a complex, non-normal distribution – due to heterogeneous risk-taking by funds as well as non-normalities in individual fund alpha distributions. Our bootstrap approach reveals findings that differ from many past studies. Specifically, we find that a sizable minority of managers pick stocks well enough to more than cover their costs; moreover, the superior alphas of these managers persist.
Keywords: mutual funds, performance evaluation, bootstrap
JEL Classification: G11
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
Risk Taking by Mutual Funds as a Response to Incentives
By Judith A. Chevalier and Glenn Ellison
-
Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in Rational Markets
By Richard C. Green and Jonathan Berk
-
Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in Rational Markets
By Richard C. Green and Jonathan Berk
-
Career Concerns of Mutual Fund Managers
By Judith A. Chevalier and Glenn Ellison
-
Career Concerns of Mutual Fund Managers
By Judith A. Chevalier and Glenn Ellison
-
The Persistence of Risk-Adjusted Mutual Fund Performance
By Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber, ...
-
By Judith A. Chevalier and Glenn Ellison
-
Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: the Persistence of Performance, 1974-87
By Darryll Hendricks, Jayendu Patel, ...
-
By Narasimhan Jegadeesh, Hsiu-lang Chen, ...