Fund managers can only exhibit selectivity through purchasing (selling) stocks that appreciate (depreciate) more frequently than expected from random occurrence, if stocks are incorrectly priced. We develop a method that can statistically identify fund managers that exhibit net, buy, and sell...

Stocks with high sentiment betas are more sensitive to investor sentiment, with more subjective valuations. We contend that sentiment beta also captures the duration of mispricing. Accordingly, stocks with high (low) sentiment betas provide opportunities for momentum (contrarian) traders. We...

We examine fund-by-fund whether managers tilt their portfolios by purchasing stocks that appreciate while disposing stocks that depreciate. Using a unique method we identify statistically whether these managers exhibit selectivity in their trades. We find proportions of funds exhibiting good or...