The importance of information technologies in the ability of fund managers to time the market

International Journal of Electronic Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-81

  Ferruz, Luis ^a   Vargas, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balance scorecard; Information technologies; Investment fund returns; Macroeconomic variables; Management in real time; Performance; Spanish business cycle; Spanish mutual funds; Time variations in returns and risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149126322     PISSN: 17460069     EISSN: 17460077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEF.2008.016885     Document Type: Article

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