managers that are contrarian — earn alpha of 2.4% per year. Contrarian hedge fund managers tend to trade profitably with all … other manager types, especially when purchasing stocks from momentum-oriented hedge and mutual fund managers. Superior …

, while mutual fund strategies are largely trend following. The only institutional performers---the 2/3 of hedge fund managers … that are contrarian---earn alpha of 2.4% per year. Contrarian hedge fund managers tend to trade profitably with all other … manager types, especially when purchasing stocks from momentum-oriented hedge and mutual fund managers. Superior contrarian …

investigate whether Australian hedge fund managers have the ability to outguess the market. Specifically, we test the market … timing and volatility timing skills of fund managers. Our findings show that Australian hedge fund managers do not possess … managers do not have market volatility timing skills, their US counterparts do exhibit such skills. …