We study the information content of the mutual-fund investor mix at the fund level. Building on the fund-flow determinant literature, we develop a method to attribute the proportion of fund net-in-flow explained by a fund's fundamental characteristics and past performance as smart and dumb money...

Measuring fund clientele by investors’ revealed usage of different asset pricing models, we show that funds with more CAPM investors perform better, all else equal. This predictability is not because the CAPM-alpha predicts future fund performance but because it reflects investor...

Investors have been shown to have particular preferences when it comes to the characteristics of stock they hold in their portfolios, while prior gains and losses have been shown to impact on individuals' economic decisions, both in an investment context and more widely. This paper is the first...

We argue that arbitrageurs will strategically limit their initial investment in an arbitrage opportunity in anticipation of further mispricing caused by the deepening of noise traders' misperceptions. Such ‘noise momentum' is an important determinant of the overall arbitrage process. We design...