Holdings Data, Security Returns and the Selection of Superior Mutual Funds

Author(s):  
Edwin J. Elton ◽  
Martin J. Gruber ◽  
Christopher R. Blake
2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 341-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin J. Elton ◽  
Martin J. Gruber ◽  
Christopher R. Blake

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-23
Author(s):  
C. Edward Chang ◽  
Thomas M. Krueger ◽  
Cedric Tresor Mbanga
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1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
Hubert Roosma
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2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1.1-4
Author(s):  
C. Edward Chang ◽  
Thomas M. Krueger ◽  
Cedric Tresor Mbanga

Author(s):  
Ducksang Choi

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Diversification is one of the most important parts of the successful portfolio investment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Within a diversified portfolio an investor should have wide array of assets diversified across multiple classes, including but not limited to stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, real estates, and limited partnerships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>There are also numbers of different investment strategies to consider when approaching the management of these assets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Among these management approaches are the techniques of using separately managed accounts, individual securities or brokerage accounts and mutual funds, or a combination of any or all of these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In addition to these management approaches, there are forces in the financial and global economic universes that need to be appropriately addressed to have effective management of these assets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It is also important for investors to have the appropriate diversifications as well as asset allocations across multiple asset classes within any portfolios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Asset allocation policy explains, on average, 93.6 percent of total variation in quarterly returns; in particular plans, it explains no less than 75.5 and up to 98.6 percent of total return variation&rdquo; (Jahnke, William W. 1997).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The allocation and selection of these assets needs to be weighted and selected carefully.</span></span></p>


The data security in cloud has been well studied towards the data present in the cloud environment. Number of techniques has been discussed earlier and each produces different performance results in data security. But still there are gaps in performance in security which should be optimized. To improve the security performance, an efficient class based encryption (CBE) with User profile (UP) is presented. The proposed CBE-UP method groups the cloud data at attribute level based on the importance mentioned in the taxonomy. The data taxonomy covers various information related to the attribute of any data point like their sensitivity, importance in different class and so on. According to the taxonomy, the method estimates the Class Sensitivity Measure (CSM) for each attribute, which has been used to classify the data attribute. Further, for each Attribute class, the method generates different key from the key set and assigns various scheme to perform encryption and decryption. The selection of key and method has been iterated at each time window. The performance of data security has been improved and reduces the network overhead in distribution of keys to the registered users.


In India, one of the broad categorizations of mutual funds is as - equity, balanced, and debt funds, each catering to specific expected return and risk-appetite of investors. Further, it is generally believed that among the aforesaid three categories of funds, Equity funds provide highest returns, followed by balanced funds and debt funds in the given order. However, the risk involved in equity funds is also the higher as compared balanced and debt funds. This paper attempts to empirically compare the returns and risk involved in the aforesaid three broad categories of mutual funds operating in the India over three, five, and ten years time periods. For this, we select three independent samples (of size 60) in each category, namely, equity, balanced, and debt fund. Selection of funds in each category is as per researcher defined criteria. The data on selected schemes is collected from the databases of ‘Value Research India Private Limited’, and AMFI. Measures like annualized returns, standard deviation of returns, Sharpe ratio, and expense ratio are employed to compare the three categories. Hypotheses tests are performed employing single factor ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD test. Based on the evidence gathered, it is observed that over all the three chosen time durations, equity funds have on an average provided superior returns than balanced and debt funds, however, equity funds were also observed to be much more risky than the balanced and debt funds. Therefore for investors ready to take risks in lieu of higher returns, equity funds should be chosen. On the other hand investors who want to play safe with their investments, either balanced or debt funds should be their investment avenues


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Anugrah Natalina

Indonesia's financial market is a potential target, because there are still many Indonesian who in their investment patterns do not reflect the diversity and choice of modern investment instruments. This becomes a "homework" to be completed. The maximum absorption of investment funds from Indonesian society that is still conventional can "excite" the capital market again. Shariah mutual funds have a special appeal compared to other types of mutual funds. Shariah mutual funds are currently not limited to Muslims because the general public, who have seen the benefits of investment based on the selection of sector and company with certain criteria, are more promising and minimize risk. Investment portfolio management works based on the framework for investment management which covers the process of planning, implementation, evaluation and adjustment. In mutual funds, investment managers are responsible for investment activities, which include analysis and selection of investment types, and taking necessary actions for the benefit of investors. If there is a problem in the future and the investor wants to change the form of his investment, then he can do the resale of the Shariah mutual fund shares to the mutual fund company where he invests. The Shariah Supervisory Board oversees the transactions of Mutual Fund issuing companies, because the halal returns / funds obtained through mutual funds depend heavily on investment activities carried out by investment managers. The advantage of investing in Shari'ah mutual funds is that it can be done in retail so that the initial investment can be adjusted to financial capability and its value is small. Other benefits include the relatively higher yield of deposits and tax free, as well as the existence of routine audits and supervision by the Shariah Supervisory Board (DPS). Key words: Syariah Mutual Funds, Portfolio Management, Shariah Supervisory Board


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