Using data from the Lipper TASS hedge fund database over 1994-2012, we examine the role of liquidity risk in explaining the relationship between asset size and hedge fund performance. While a significant negative size-performance relationship exists for all hedge funds, once we stratify our...

This study takes a novel approach to testing the efficacy of technical analysis. Rather than testing specific trading rules as is typically done in the literature, we rely on institutional portfolio managers' statements about whether and how intensely they use technical analysis, irrespective of...

Recently many mutual funds have created hedge fund-like products for marketing to retail investors. This study empirically examines the value added for investors during the 2007 financial crisis from hedge fund-like mutual funds, including 130/30, market neutral, and long/short equity funds. We...

This paper examines the relation between portfolio concentration and investment performance in corporate bond mutual funds. Using detailed holdings data, we construct portfolio concentration measures at the firm, industry, and credit rating levels. We find that portfolio concentration is...