Should you carry the load? A comprehensive analysis of load and no-load mutual fund out-of-sample performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1245-1271

  Morey, Matthew R ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Load adjusted returns; Loads; Mutual funds; Out of sample performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038692370     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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