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Precious metal mutual fund performance evaluation : a series two-stage DEA modeling approach

Tsolas, Ioannis E. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 5/87, pp. 1-13

This paper documents a new series two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) modeling framework for mutual fund performance evaluation in terms of operational and portfolio management efficiency that is implemented to a sample of precious metal mutual funds (PMMFs). In the first and second stage,...

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Diversification and fund performance : an analysis of buyout funds

Huss, Matthias; Steger, Daniel - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 6/136, pp. 1-16

This paper studies the relationship between portfolio diversification and fund performance, based on an unexplored … focus. Our results suggest that diversification within, but not across industries, associates with higher buyout fund … performance. We do not find a significant relationship between geographical diversification and performance. These results partly …

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Performance evaluation of utility exchange-traded funds : a super-efficiency approach

Tsolas, Ioannis E. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 7, pp. 1-10

Choosing funds is a general issue for investors, with the aim of balancing potential risks and returns. The aim of this article is to use a super-efficiency approach to analyze and rank exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in order to find the best utility ETFs. The range-adjusted measure (RAM)-based...

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The determinants of the performance of precious metal mutual funds

Tsolas, Ioannis E. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 11/286, pp. 1-10

The aim of this paper is to assess the efficiency of a set of 62 precious metal mutual funds (PMMFs) and to explain performance differences between funds using weighted additive data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Tobit regression, respectively. The contribution of this paper is twofold: to...

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Optimizing stock market returns during global pandemic using regression in the context of Indian stock market

Debnath, Pradip; Srivastava, Hari M. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 8, pp. 1-10

Stock markets around the world experienced a massive collapse during the first wave of COVID-19. Roughly in the month of January 2021, the second wave of COVID-19 struck in India, reaching its peak in May, and by the end of May, the active cases started to decline. A third wave is again...

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Financial risk and better returns through smart beta exchange-traded funds?

Bowes, Jordan; Ausloos, Marcel - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 7, pp. 1-30

Smart beta exchange-traded funds (SB ETFs) have caught the attention of investors due to their supposed ability to offer a better risk-return trade-off than traditionally structured passive indices. Yet, research covering the performance of SB ETFs benchmarked to traditional cap-weighted market...

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How the closure of a U.S. tax loophole may affect investor portfolios

Frei, Christoph; Welsh, Liam - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 5, pp. 1-10

In the United States, exchange-traded funds can defer capital gains taxes of their investors by taking advantage of a legal loophole. To quantify the impact of this tax loophole on investor portfolios, we study a rank-dependent expected utility model. We develop an approximation formula for the...

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Unleveraged portfolios and pure allocation return

Alemanni, Barbara; Maggi, Mario Alessandro; Uberti, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 11, pp. 1-11

In asset management, the portfolio leverage affects performance, and can be subject to constraints and operational limitations. Due to the possible leverage aversion of the investors, the comparison between portfolio performances can be incomplete or misleading. We propose a procedure to...

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Performance dynamics of international exchange-traded funds

Bahadar, Stephen; Gan, Christopher; Nguyen, Cuong - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 8/169, pp. 1-14

Asynchronous trading hours between the markets of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and their benchmarks not only make it difficult to apply a full replication strategy but also make the creation/redemption process ineffective and consequently distress the performance of international ETFs. Despite...

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The investment performance of ethical equity funds in Malaysia

Fadillah Mansor; Bhatti, Muhammad Ishaq; Rahman, Shafiqur; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 9/219, pp. 1-14

This paper investigates the investment performance of Malaysian Islamic equity funds and a matching sample of conventional equity funds relative to their market benchmark. An integrated model is used to simultaneously capture the market timing and selectivity skills of fund managers. Our...

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