Does Industry Timing Ability of Hedge Funds Predict Their Future Performance, Survival, and Fund Flows?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming

NYU Stern School of Business

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3337216

70 Pages Posted: 8 Mar 2019 Last revised: 6 Oct 2020

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Turan G. Bali

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

Stephen J. Brown

New York University - Stern School of Business

Mustafa Onur Caglayan

Florida International University

Umut Celiker

Cleveland State University - Monte Ahuja College of Business

Date Written: September 15, 2020

Abstract

This paper investigates hedge funds’ ability to time industry-specific returns and shows that funds’ timing ability in the manufacturing industry improves their future performance, probability of survival, and ability to attract more capital. The results indicate that best industry-timing hedge funds in the manufacturing sector have the highest return exposure to earnings surprises. This, together with persistently sticky earnings surprises, transparent information environment in regards to earnings releases, and large post-earnings-announcement drift in the manufacturing industry, explain to a great extent why best-timing hedge funds can generate significantly larger future returns compared to worst-timing hedge funds.

Keywords: hedge funds; timing ability; industry returns

JEL Classification: G10; G11; C13

Suggested Citation

Bali, Turan G. and Brown, Stephen J. and Caglayan, Mustafa Onur and Celiker, Umut, Does Industry Timing Ability of Hedge Funds Predict Their Future Performance, Survival, and Fund Flows? (September 15, 2020). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming, NYU Stern School of Business, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3337216, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3337216 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3337216

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Umut Celiker

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