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Investing in a Global World

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  • Jeffrey A. Busse
  • Amit Goyal
  • Sunil Wahal

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We examine active retail mutual funds and institutional products with a mandate to invest in global equity markets. We find little reliable evidence of alphas in the aggregate or on average. The right tail of the distribution contains some large alphas. Decomposing stock selection from country selection, we find some evidence of superior stock picking abilities in the extreme right tail. However, simulations suggest that they are produced just as likely by luck as by skill. Persistence tests show little evidence of continuation in superior performance.

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  • Jeffrey A. Busse & Amit Goyal & Sunil Wahal, 2014. "Investing in a Global World," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 18(2), pages 561-590.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:18:y:2014:i:2:p:561-590.
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