Job security is of major importance for most people – and fund managers are no exception. In their influential Quarterly Journal of Economics paper “Career Concerns of Mutual Fund Managers” from 1999, Chevalier and Ellison explore whether career concerns affect… Continue Reading →
July 2017 – what a weather ride! First, temperatures up to 37 degrees Celsius in Stuttgart. Then, downpours for days on end. How did this affect you – apart from having to change plans for outings at short notice, or… Continue Reading →
In a previous post, we discussed whether female fund managers differ from male managers with regard to performance and risk. The answer we gave: they don’t!
Forecasting returns is the holy grail of investment – and finance researchers are also interested in whether returns can be predicted because it tells us whether markets are “informationally efficient” (and thinking about this has been rewarded with a Nobel… Continue Reading →
We already explored the VIX as a measure of uncertainty in our post from March 13, 2017. Academic research has also explored the VIX as a trading indicator.
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