This paper analyzes the performance of portfolio strategies that invest in noload, open-end U.S. domestic equity mutual funds, incorporating predictability in (i) manager skills, (ii) fund risk-loadings, and (iii) benchmark returns. Predictability in manager skills is found to be the dominant...

This paper analyzes the performance of portfolio strategies that invest in noload, open-end U.S. domestic equity mutual funds, incorporating predictability in (i) manager skills, (ii) fund risk-loadings, and (iii) benchmark returns. Predictability in manager skills is found to be the dominant...

Bisherige Studien zur Performance von Investmentfonds kommen zu dem Schluss, dass Anleger durch eine Investition in aktiv verwaltete Fonds nicht mehr (sondern tendenziell weniger) als durch eine passive Anlage in die Benchmark verdienen. Selbst eine Investition in die Fonds mit den in der...