Beta has been a controversial measure of risk ever since it was proposed almost half a century ago, and we do not pretend to settle with this article what decades of research has not. We do, however, take advantage of the recent trend of investing in countries and industries through index funds...

Beta has been a controversial measure of risk ever since it was proposed almost half a century ago, and we do not pretend to settle with this article what decades of research has not. We do, however, take advantage of the recent trend of investing in countries and industries through index funds...

Beta has been a controversial measure of risk ever since it was proposed almost half a century ago, and we do not pretend to settle with this article what decades of research has not. We do, however, take advantage of the recent trend of investing in countries and industries through index funds...

Based on a strict and intuitive methodology, the article proposes an empirical test of the CAPM for the main Spanish market stocks. The idea is to replicate the behaviour of an investor purchasing undervalued shares according to the CAPM in order to beat the market during the following period....

This study analyses the performance persistence of European equity funds in Spain. The use of parametric and non-parametric methodology, the originality of the ratio used to measure performance and the fact that this represents research into a relatively unexplored market are what make this such...

This paper describes a financial study of performance persistence in a set of Spanish investment funds targeting short-term fixed-income securities. In view of the nature of the funds and market considered, it is therefore a completely new study. The data base is free of survivorship...

The performance of Spanish domestic equities improves considerably when diverse public information variables are taken into consideration. We have taken up to 8 independent variables into consideration to evaluate the performance of a largely unexplored market over a broad horizon

This paper contains a preliminary financial analysis of the performance of a group of portfolios based on Sharpe's ratio and a variant thereof, which provides a more appropriate ranking while remaining true to the traditional measure. The main thrust of the financial analysis contained in the...

This article analyzes the financial performance and managerial abilities of a sample of US and European socially responsible (SR) mutual funds. The period analyzed commences from January 1994 and concludes in January 2013 and yields 18 US and 89 European green funds. The results obtained for...