Timing Decisions and the Behavior of Mutual Fund Systematic Risk

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Year: 1982
Volume: 17
Issue: 4
Pages: 579-602

Authors (3)

Alexander, Gordon J. (University of Minnesota) Benson, P. George (not in RePEc) Eger, Carol E. (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The investment performance of professionally managed portfolios, in general, and mutual funds, in particular, has been the subject of considerable attention in finance. Fama [9] has suggested that overall portfolio performance be broken down in such a manner that the individual sources of performance can be identified. Two basic sources are: (1) the ability of the portfolio manager to forecast price movements of individual common stocks relative to stocks in general (selectivity or microforecasting); and (2) the ability to forecast the direction of the stock market relative to fixed income securities (timing or macroforecasting).

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jfinqa:v:17:y:1982:i:04:p:579-602_01
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24