Evaluating Brazilian mutual funds with stochastic frontiers

Andre Alves Portela Santos (), Joao Tusi (), Newton Da Costa () and Sergio Da Silva ()
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Joao Tusi: Department of Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Newton Da Costa: Department of Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Economics Bulletin, 2005, vol. 13, issue 2, pages 1-6

Abstract: We evaluate the performance of 307 Brazilian stock mutual funds employing stochastic frontiers. We list the top ten actively managed funds and the bottom ten for the period April 2001-July 2003, and show that a fund’s efficiency increases with management skill to beat the market. We also find that portfolios with low volatility tend to be more efficient. Yet we find no relationship between fund size and performance, though this might be blurred by a survivorship bias.

Keywords: mutual funds; Stochastic frontiers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M2 G1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005 Written 2005-12-06
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