This study analyzes the nature of the association between selected international banking measures and relative bank profitability. The measures analyzed are key variables that affect the wealth maximization efforts of bank financial management: (1) spread (net- interest margin) management, (2)...

This study examines the nature of the influences that can and often do have indirect negative impacts on mutual fund shareholders. The first influence is fund market monopolistic competition, which lessens competition on the basis of prices charged shareholders. The second influence are fund...

The purposes of this study are to review how mutual fund portfolio manager structures and their attributes, and implications impact fund risk and return performance. For example, retail Investors in actively managed mutual funds are often characterized as "dumb investors chasing past...

This study examines the nature of the influences that can and often do have indirect negative impacts on mutual fund shareholders. The first influence is fund market monopolistic competition, which lessens competition on the basis of prices charged shareholders. The second influence are fund...

The purposes of this study are to review how mutual fund portfolio manager structures and their attributes, and implications impact fund risk and return performance. For example, retail Investors in actively managed mutual funds are often characterized as "dumb investors chasing past...