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How Efficient are Indian Mutual Fund Managers in Selecting Stock and Timing the Market?

Year 2014
Volume/Issue/Review Month Vol. - VII | Issue II | July - December
Title How Efficient are Indian Mutual Fund Managers in Selecting Stock and Timing the Market?
Authors Manju Punia Chopra
Broad area How Efficient are Indian Mutual Fund Managers in Selecting Stock and Timing the Market?
Abstract
This study utilizes few selected performance evaluation techniques on a sample of 36 Indian mutual fund schemes
over the period of January 2001 to December 2013. The broad based S&P CNX NIFTY is used in the study as a
benchmark. The study measures the performance on the parameters of ‘Stock Selection’ and ‘Market-Timing’
ability of mutual fund managers using Jensen’s Alpha and, Treynor-Mazuy mode. A look at mutual fund performance
during the sample time period suggests that professional portfolio managers cannot consistently beat the market.
While some managers do occasionally outperform the market, our evidence suggests that during this period it
doesn’t happen on a consistent basis over the long run. Given the significant management fees funds are charging,
this finding is relevant to all the investors. It is especially true, however, for institutional investors who are searching
for returns in different markets and asking themselves whether aggressive management is the answer.
The period of the study is the most recent one examined by any Indian mutual fund study.
Description During the past one and a half decade, the Indian mutual fund industry has witnessed a major structural transformation and growth as a result of policy initiatives taken by the Government of India to break the monolithic structure of the industry. In 1987
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