Do mutual funds time the market? Evidence from portfolio holdings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 724-758

  Jiang, George J ^a   Yao, Tong ^a   Yu, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Market timing; Mutual funds; Portfolio holdings

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148996526     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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