scholarly journals The Analysis of Mutual Funds’ Performance in Lithuanian Financial Market

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Povilas Vyšniauskas ◽  
Viktorija Stasytytė
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Sharpe Ratio ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Time Period

This Article examines performance of mutual funds, which are available for Lithuanian investors in Lithuanian financial market to invest in. Lithuanian mutual funds market is very new comparing with the global financial markets. Majority of mutual funds in Lithuania are imported by Scandinavian banks as well as internationally managed, only few mutual funds are managed in Lithuania. The analysis includes Lithuanian and non-Lithuanian mutual funds in Lithuanian financial market. Period from 2008 to 2016 is analysed in order to get significant results. This study aims to analyse the performances of mutual funds in Lithuanian market on the basis of risk and return criteria using different tools such as Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, and Jensen Alpha and others. Also there is analysed variation of these performance measures during selected time period, and discovered periods, when mutual funds perform above and below than market indices.

Risk and Return from Investments in Pine, Hardwoods, and Financial Markets

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Corporate Bonds ◽  
Portfolio Analysis ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Treasury Bills ◽  
Government Bonds ◽  
Common Stocks ◽  
Efficient Portfolios

Abstract This paper compares the return and risk of growing fully regulated sawtimber stands of pine, oak, gum, and ash, with the financial market investments of common stocks, corporate bonds, U.S. Government bonds, and U.S. Treasury bills during the 1956-1984 period. Over this period, timber investments realized higher real rates of return than financial market investments. Portfolio analysis shows that for investors considering both types of investments, efficient portfolios typically consist of a mix of pine, ash, common stocks, and Treasury bills. South. J. Appl. For. 16(1):20-24

Does managerial myopia explain Bowman’s Paradox?

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Dewayne Holder ◽  
Alexey Petkevich ◽  
Gary Moore
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Myopia ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Income Statement ◽  
Univariate Statistics ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if Bowman’s Paradox (negative association between risk and return) is caused by managerial myopia. It also attempts to disentangle whether results are more consistent with one or more potential explanations. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses univariate statistics and OLS regressions. Empirically examines the relationship between four risk and return proxies, across a wide ranging time period and utilizing a number of model specifications. Results hold after using three-way clustered errors and using a more robust rolling five year, fixed regression methodology measure. Findings Confirms the existence of the Paradox. Also documents that the association between risk and return is positive in “winner” firms and negative in “loser” firms. Upon further analysis, the earlier negative risk-return relationship is found to entirely be due to the volatility of the (short term) income statement component of the performance terms. Results imply that executives of winner (loser) firms are less (more) likely to manage earnings or engage in other value destroying activities. Research limitations/implications The study is confined by the typical archival study limitations; including potential endogeneity, selection biases and generalizability of the results. Practical implications Anecdotal evidence indicates that the business community makes extensive use of these performance measures. These performance measures are also pervasive in academic research. Given the importance of controlling for both managerial and firm performance, a good performance proxy is quintessential. Originality/value Although over 30 years have passed since Bowman (1980) first observed the negative correlation, to date, no consensus explanation exists. Findings suggest that Bowman’s Paradox, is potentially a manifestation of managerial myopia. Thus, this result contributes to several existing research streams.

scholarly journals Mutual fund Performance in Nepalese Mutual fund units: An analysis of Monthly Returns

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
Rajan Bilas Bajracharya
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Statistical Models ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Sharpe Ratio ◽  
Mutual Fund Performance ◽  
Small Market

Mutual funds dwell in a small market in Nepal. Around seven mutual funds listed in the Nepal stock exchange trade (NEPSE). This paper focused on evaluating the performance of five mutual funds of NEPSE on the basis of monthly returns compared to benchmark return. Risk adjusted performance measures suggested by Jenson, Treynor, Sharpe and statistical models are employed. It is found that, most of the mutual funds have performed better according to Jenson and Treynor measures but not up to the benchmark on the basis of Sharpe ratio. However, few mutual funds are well diversified and have reduced its unique risk.  Journal of Advanced Academic Research Vol. 3, No. 2, 2016, Page: 92-100

Comparing nexus of ranking among mutual fund categories and families of performance measures at investment policy level

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050021
Author(s):  
Wajid Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
Jibran Sheikh ◽  
Adil Tahir Paracha
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Sharpe Ratio ◽  
Investment Policy ◽  
Spearman Rank Order Correlation ◽  
Policy Level ◽  
Ranking Order ◽  
Normal Trend

The aim of the study covers, at first, the rank comparison drawn among mutual funds at categorical and investment policy level and secondly, among the selected three families of performance measures against famous Sharpe ratio. The Spearman rank order correlation and mean rank order approach have been used for this purpose. The major findings of the study reveal that the most of the performance measures have shown a similar ranking order of mutual funds, at the investment policy level, against the standard measure i.e., Sharpe ratio. However, funds that have shown a non-normal trend, led to misspecification syndrome.

Downside Performance Measures and the Sharpe Ratio

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt Hoechner ◽  
Peter Reichling ◽  
Gordon Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Sharpe Ratio

scholarly journals Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes

Econometrica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1561-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saumitra Jha ◽  
Moses Shayo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Material Incentive ◽  
Nonfinancial Information ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Economic Risks

Can participation in financial markets lead individuals to reevaluate the costs of conflict, change their political attitudes, and even their votes? Prior to the 2015 Israeli elections, we randomly assigned Palestinian and Israeli financial assets to likely voters and incentivized them to actively trade for up to 7 weeks. No political messages or nonfinancial information were included. The treatment systematically shifted vote choices toward parties more supportive of the peace process. This effect is not due to a direct material incentive to vote a particular way. Rather, the treatment reduces opposition to concessions for peace and changes awareness of the broader economic risks of conflict. While participants who were assigned Palestinian assets are more likely to associate their assets' performance with peace, they are less engaged in the experiment. Combined with the superior performance of Israeli stocks during the study period, the ultimate effects of Israeli and Palestinian assets are similar.

Critical Value-Based Power Options Pricing Problems in Uncertain Financial Markets

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150002
Author(s):  
Guimin Yang ◽  
Yuanguo Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Numerical Experiments ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
The Other ◽  
Options Pricing ◽  
Underlying Asset ◽  
Pricing Problems ◽  
Fractional Differential ◽  
The One

Compared with investing an ordinary options, investing the power options may possibly yield greater returns. On the one hand, the power option is the best choice for those who want to maximize the leverage of the underlying market movements. On the other hand, power options can also prevent the financial market changes caused by the sharp fluctuations of the underlying assets. In this paper, we investigate the power option pricing problem in which the price of the underlying asset follows the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck type of model involving an uncertain fractional differential equation. Based on critical value criterion, the pricing formulas of European power options are derived. Finally, some numerical experiments are performed to illustrate the results.

The Capital Market Authority Effectiveness in the Regulation of Financial Markets perspectives from the financial sector actors

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (11) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Charles Kombo Okioga
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Financial Market Regulation ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
New Business

Capital Market Authority in Kenya is in a development phase in order to be effective in the regulation of the financial markets. The market participants and the regulators are increasingly adopting international standards in order to make the capital markets in sync with those of developed markets. New products are being introduced and new business lines are being established. The Capital Markets Authority (Regulator) is constantly reviewing existing regulations and recommending changes to regulate the market properly. Business lines and activities are being harmonized by market participants to provide a one stop solution in order to meet the financial and securities services needs of the investors. The convergence of business lines and activities of market intermediaries gives rise to the diversity of a firm’s business operations to meet multiplicity of regulations that its activities are subject to. The methodology used in this study was designed to examine the relationship between capital markets Authority effective regulation and the performance of the financial markets. The study used correlation design, the study population consisted of 30 employees in financial institutions regulated by Capital Markets Authority and 80 investors. The study found out that effective financial market regulation has a significant relationship with the financial market performance indicated by (r=0.571, p<0.01) and (r=0.716, p≤0.01, the study recommended a further research on the factors that hinder effective financial regulation by the Capital Markets Authority.

Investor Sentiment and Flows into Treasury Funds

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Investor Sentiment ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
Relative Response ◽  
Financial Market Risk ◽  
Blue Chip

The author compares the relative response of Treasury fund flows to the sentiment-prone Michigan Survey of Inflation Expectations and to the Blue Chip Survey of Financial Forecasts, a professional forecast of inflation. The Treasury market is an ideal subject for examining whether or not sentiment affects flows: it is highly liquid, making it unlikely that it is hard to arbitrage, and inflation is the primary factor affecting its returns. Using mutual fund inflows into TIPs and Treasury mutual funds that occurred between January 1991 and June 2011, the author finds that the Michigan Survey is insignificantly related to flows into inflation-indexed TIPs and is positively related to flows into nominal Treasury funds. The Blue Chip Survey does not have incremental explanatory power. The evidence is consistent with a combination of a hedging motive and a flight to liquidity triggered by information in the Michigan Survey about households’ perception of financial market risk. The two motives reinforce each other in driving flows into nominal Treasury funds when the Michigan forecast of inflation is high, while they appear to cancel each other out in determining flows into the illiquid TIPS market.

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