Abstract Justin Fox, a former Time magazine business journalist and current Editorial Editor
for the Harvard Business Review Group, started The Myth well before the current financial …

In this book, the author draws from finance, psychology, economics, and other disciplines in
business and the social sciences, recognising that personal finance and investments are …

Extensive research has demonstrated and analyzed deviations in individual investors'
investment decisions from recommendations of financial theory. As there is still no structured …

We examine the performance of enhanced index and quantitative equity funds. Both types of
funds use quantitative models in investment selection. Enhanced index funds set an explicit …

We examine the benefits of active international mutual fund management. Is there an
advantage to active fund management over investing in index funds? Previous research has …

We evaluate the performance of 51 mutual fund families based on a study of their diversified
US managed mutual funds over an 11-year-period and explore the determinants of …

Is there any justification for investing in managed mutual funds, or are managed funds for
suckers, as indexing advocates argue? We answer this question by looking at a long time …

Purpose This study aims to assess the relationship between cash management and fund
performance in index fund portfolios. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 104 …

In this study, we investigate whether individual investors should consider the weightings
mutual fund managers place on the stocks held in their funds when making stock selection …

The two investment strategies, active and passive (index) investing, are evaluated by
comparing the average performance of actively managed funds in the general equity …