Performance of Foreign and Global Mutual Funds: The Role of Security Selection, Region-Shifting, and Style-Shifting Abilities

Hui-Ju Tsai and Yangru Wu ()

The Financial Review, 2015, vol. 50, issue 4, 517-545

Abstract: We examine the performance of U.S.-based foreign and global funds after controlling for their regional and style exposure. We show that, on average, the total performance (TP) and security selection abilities of both foreign and global funds are significantly negative and exhibit short-term predictability. Additionally, R-super-2 reflects funds’ security selection abilities, consistent with previous findings for domestic mutual funds. Investors can earn higher abnormal returns and TP in the short run by purchasing past winners with low R-super-2 than by purchasing past losers with high R-super-2. However, there is no evidence of predictability in the funds' region-shifting and style-shifting abilities.

Date: 2015
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