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Evaluating and Investing in Equity Mutual FundsLubos PastorUniversity of Chicago - Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Robert F. StambaughUniversity of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) May 2000 AFA 2001 New Orleans Meetings; CRSP Working Paper No. 516; RLW Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 10-00 Abstract: Our framework for evaluating and investing in mutual funds combines observed returns on funds and passive assets with prior beliefs that distinguish pricing-model inaccuracy from managerial skill. A fund's "alpha" is defined using passive benchmarks. We show that returns on non-benchmark passive assets help estimate that alpha more precisely for most funds. The resulting estimates generally vary less than standard estimates across alternative benchmark specifications. Optimal portfolios constructed from a large universe of equity funds can include actively managed funds even when managerial skill is precluded. The fund universe offers no close substitutes for the Fama-French and momentum benchmarks.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 54 JEL Classification: G12, G14 working papers seriesDate posted: June 13, 2000Suggested CitationContact Information
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