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Recently, a body of academic literature has focused on the area of stable distributions and their application potential for improving our understanding of the risk of hedge funds. At the same time, research has sprung up that applies standard Bayesian methods to hedge fund evaluation. Little or...
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We provide evidence on the valuation of equity positions by hedge fund advisors. Reported valuations deviate from standard valuations based on closing prices from CRSP for roughly seven percent of the positions. These deviations are economically significant for about 25 percent of the hedge fund...
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A diverse set of measures allows investors to evaluate hedge fund portfolio managers' performance across different …
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We survey articles on hedge funds' performance persistence and fundamental factors from the mid-1990s to the present. For performance persistence, we present some pioneering studies that contradict previous findings that hedge funds' performance is a short term matter. We discuss recent...
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The paper presents a new approach to optimizing automatic transactional systems. We propose a multi-stage technique which enables us to find investment strategies beating the market. Additionally, new measures of combined risk and returns are applied in the process of optimization. Moreover, we...
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Morningstar ratings affect the likelihood fund managers are replaced, but that Morningstar ratings are better predictors of …
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We examine the impact of managerial sentiment on analysts' following decisions and earnings forecast accuracy. By analyzing the textual tone of management discussion and analysis sections in annual reports to capture managerial sentiment, we find that when managerial sentiment is more positive,...
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