Exchange-Traded Funds as an Alternative Investment Option: A Case Study

REM Working Paper 022-2017

32 Pages Posted: 28 Dec 2017

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António Afonso

University of Lisbon - ISEG (School of Economics and Management); UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics); ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management,Universidade de Lisboa; REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics

Pedro Martins Cardoso

University of Lisbon - ISEG School of Economics and Management

Date Written: December 21, 2017

Abstract

We conduct an analysis of Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs), Index and Equity mutual funds and their respective benchmark during the 2010-2015 period for the Portuguese fund industry. For the period 2010-2017 we test ETFs for price inefficiency (existence of deviations between prices and the Net Asset Value) and persistence. We find that ETF do not always outperform index funds in replicating the variations of the PSI 20 index, despite exhibiting better tracking ability when facing downside deviations of the benchmark and a better capacity of smoothing tracking deviations. Regarding ETFs price efficiency and its persistence, the study reveals that the analyzed ETF is priced at a low average discount with evidence of deviations persistence of at least two days. The investment schemes with the highest ability to track the PSI 20 Index were PSI20 (ETF), BBVA PPA Índice PSI20, and the equity mutual fund BPI Portugal.

Keywords: Exchange-traded fund, Mutual fund, Performance evaluation, Tracking error, Price efficiency

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Afonso, António and Cardoso, Pedro, Exchange-Traded Funds as an Alternative Investment Option: A Case Study (December 21, 2017). REM Working Paper 022-2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3091678 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3091678

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Pedro Cardoso

University of Lisbon - ISEG School of Economics and Management ( email )

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