We propose a new holding horizon measure of active management and examine its relation with fund performance. Our measure identifies long-horizon funds as having higher future long-term alphas and owning stocks with superior long-term fundamentals. Such funds supply skills, but these skills only...

This study investigates the linkage between portfolio investment and economic growth in 18 developed and 27 developing countries. Furthermore, it compares and analyzes interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing assets and the economic development level. The results of our analysis show that...

We consider a consumption and investment problem where an investor¡¯s investment opportunity gets enlarged when she becomes rich enough, i.e., when her wealth touches a critical level. We derive optimal consumption and investment rules assuming that the investor has a time-separable von...