Purpose – The paper aims to empirically examine the forecasting ability of US-based world mutual funds during the 2001-2007 time period. Design/methodology/approach - World mutual funds are treated as portfolios composed of two sets of securities, i.e. domestic and foreign and two...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between single-state municipal bond fund risk and water scarcity in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The authors compare the risk profiles of funds from states with limited water resources with those from states without...

Purpose – The paper aims to empirically examine the forecasting ability of US-based world mutual funds during the 2001-2007 time period. Design/methodology/approach – World mutual funds are treated as portfolios composed of two sets of securities, i.e. domestic and foreign and two...