The Use of Trading Strategies by Fund Managers:Some First Survey Evidence

Our questionnaire survey finds that most fund managers rely on the strategies ofbuy-&-hold, momentum and contrarian trading. These strategies are typically appliedmutually. Their use is rooted in the attributes and beliefs of the respective fund managers:buy-&-hold traders behave fundamentally oriented, risk averse and less(over)confident than others. Momentum traders appear as the least risk averse professionalsgoing aggressively with the trend.[...]

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Year of publication:	2005-04-01
Authors:	Menkhoff, Lukas ; Schmidt, Ulrich
Institutions:	Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Subject:	Strategie \| Handel \| trade \| Anlageverhalten \| Markteffizienz

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1 Introduction
2 Hypotheses
3 Data
4 Evidence on the use of different trading strategies
5 Evidence on attributes related with trading strategies
6 Conclusions
References

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