The Telling Trades of Mutual Funds

Gina Nicolosi

Financial Management, 2009, vol. 38, issue 4, 915-936

Abstract: Under the assumption that mutual funds trade at quarter commencement, some funds exhibit and exploit persistent stock selection talent; that is, the stocks purchased consistently outperform the stocks sold, and the higher turnover of these funds indicates that managers are capitalizing on their forecasting abilities. However, any evidence of sustained stock selection skill disappears when alternate trade‐timing assumptions are considered, suggesting that some skilled managers are electing to trade earlier than previously assumed. Overall, the results question the appropriateness of the quarter‐end trading assumption and the validity of existing studies that employ it.

Date: 2009
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