This paper proposes and implements an inter-temporal model wherein aggregate consumption and asset-specific dividend growths jointly move with two mean-reverting state variables. Consumption beta varies through time and cross sectionally due to variation in half-lives and stationary volatilities...

Bisherige Studien zur Performance von Investmentfonds kommen zu dem Schluss, dass Anleger durch eine Investition in aktiv verwaltete Fonds nicht mehr (sondern tendenziell weniger) als durch eine passive Anlage in die Benchmark verdienen. Selbst eine Investition in die Fonds mit den in der...

This paper analyzes the performance of portfolio strategies that invest in noload, open-end U.S. domestic equity mutual funds, incorporating predictability in (i) manager skills, (ii) fund risk-loadings, and (iii) benchmark returns. Predictability in manager skills is found to be the dominant...