Hybrid Mutual Funds and Market Timing Performance*

2006 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 771-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Comer
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Market Timing

scholarly journals MANAGERIAL ABILITIES AND FACTOR INVESTMENT STYLE PERFORMANCES OF MALAYSIAN MUTUAL FUND MANAGERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-135
Author(s):  
Pick-Soon Ling ◽  
Ruzita Abdul-Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Stock Selection ◽  
Investment Style ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Equity Mutual Funds ◽  
Timing Ability ◽  
Stock Picking

Background and Purpose: Studies focusing on mutual fund managerial abilities and investment style strategies are still scarce in the literature. Thus, this study aims to provide new evidence and insights into the managerial abilities and investment style performances of Malaysian fund managers.   Methodology: A total of 444 Malaysian equity mutual funds (EMFs) were evaluated using Carhart’s model incorporated with Treynor-Mazuy (T-M) and Henriksson-Merton (H-M) market timing models for the study period, from January 1995 to December 2017.   Findings: Fund managers displayed superior stock selection skills with 32 percent and 43 percent of funds for T-M and H-M respectively, with perverse market timing ability which accounted for 39 percent and 42 percent of funds for T-M and H-M respectively. Perverse timing ability had reduced the superior stock-picking skills of fund managers. This suggests that the EMFs performance could further improve if respective fund managers perform better in market timing ability. The finding also indicates that size effect (SMB) and value effect (HML) play significant roles in investment style strategies, while results of momentum factor (WML) propose that Malaysian fund managers have followed the contrarian strategy.   Contributions: This study contributes in several ways especially in the literature of portfolio management as the evidence is obtained from the largest mutual funds sample size and the longest study period. Moreover, this study also used the highest frequency data to study the effects of market timing which were overlooked in previous studies.   Keywords: Adjusted carhart, Malaysian market, market timing, mutual fund, stock selection.   Cite as: Ling, P-S., & Abdul-Rahim, R. (2021). Managerial abilities and factor investment style performances of Malaysian mutual funds.  Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(1), 118-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp118-135

scholarly journals A global approach to mutual funds market timing ability

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Bodson ◽  
Laurent Cavenaile ◽  
Danielle Sougné
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Timing Ability

scholarly journals Market timing ability and mutual funds: a heterogeneous agent approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1613-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Frijns ◽  
Aaron Gilbert ◽  
Remco C.J. Zwinkels
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Heterogeneous Agent ◽  
Timing Ability

Assessing foreign funds geographical focus timing skill

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Javier Rodríguez ◽  
Herminio Romero
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Hedge Funds ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Timing Models

Purpose This paper aims to study the market timing skill of USA-based foreign open-end mutual funds in their geographical focus market. Design/methodology/approach The authors use daily fund data and two multi-factor extensions of the Treynor-Mazuy (1966) and Henriksson-Merton (1981) timing models to measure US-based foreign funds’ market timing skill during 1999 to 2010. In particular, the authors study fund managers’ skill to time their geographical focus market. Findings The authors report that, in general, foreign funds do not accurately time their geographical focus market. However, during January 2008 to December 2010, the sub period that includes the 2008 global financial crisis, most foreign funds in this sample not only focused on their domestic market, the USA, but also demonstrated statistically significant, good timing skill. Originality/value Although US-based foreign funds’ market-timing skill is not an unexplored topic, this study is the first to consider these funds’ skill to time their geographical focus market, a skill that has been studied in the context of hedge funds.

scholarly journals A Global Approach to Mutual Funds Market Timing Ability

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Marie Sougné ◽  
Laurent Bodson ◽  
Laurent Cavenaile
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Timing Ability

scholarly journals KINERJA MANAJER INVESTASI REKSADANA SAHAM SYARIAH DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ANITA ANITA
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Stock Selection ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Merton Model ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to test the ability of investment managers in Islamic mutual funds in their ability to conduct stock selection and market timing. The model developed in this study uses the Henriksson-Merton model. With purposive sampling technique obtained a sample of 31 mutual funds. After testing the results obtained, the performance of Islamic stock mutual funds in Indonesia underperformed compared to the ISSI market performance. The stock selection results contribute negatively to α = 5%, while the ability of market timing has a significant positive effect on mutual fund returns.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Risiko Sistematis, Market Timing, dan Ukuran Dana Terhadap Kinerja Reksa Dana Pendapatan Tetap Syariah di Indonesia (Periode 2014-2018)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2409
Author(s):  
Febrita Kusumastiti ◽  
Muhammad Nafik Hadi Ryandono
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Systematic Risk ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Fixed Income ◽  
Fund Size ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regression Tests

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the systematic of risk, market timing, and fund size toward sharia fixed income mutual funds in Indonesia period 2014-2018 partially and simultaneously. This research uses a quantitative approach and uses multiple linear regression tests to determine the relationship between exogenous variables and endogenous variable. The result of this research shows that systematic risk and fund size are partially have significant influence to the sharia fixed income mutual funds performance. Meanwhile, market timing is partially have insignificant influence to the sharia fixed income mutual funds performance. While simultaneously, systematic risk, market timing and fund size have significant influence to the sharia fixed income mutual funds performance with the coefficient of determination is 31,9% while the remaining 68,1% is influenced by other variables not included in this research.Keywords: Sharia Mutual Fund Performance, Systematic Risk, Market Timing, Fund Size

Mutual fund alpha and daily market-timing ability

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-681
Author(s):  
Qiang Bu
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Market Timing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Return ◽  
Timing Ability

Purpose This study aims to examine whether mutual funds can earn daily alpha and time daily market return. Design/methodology/approach Based on the Treynor and Mazuy (1966) model and the Henriksson and Merton (1981) model, the author tests the daily market-timing ability of actual mutual funds and bootstrapped mutual funds. Findings The author finds that daily alpha and daily market-timing ability can come from pure luck. In addition, the relation between fund alpha and market-timing ability is at best minimal. Originality/value Using bootstrapped funds as the benchmark, this study shows that daily fund market is overall efficient.

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