I provide a solution for evaluating non-conventional projects, firstly showing that the well-known modified internal rate of return does not answer correctly what investors want to measure. Even if one correctly uses the net present value criterion for capital budgeting, I show that it fails for...

This paper aimed to investigate the impact of levels of selectivity on the performance of equity funds using a methodology applied for the first time ever in the Brazilian market. As an indicator of the activity level of a fund, we proposed the coefficient of determination (R2) of the regression...