Portfolio performance evaluation

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-190

  Aragon, George O ^a   Ferson, Wayne E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedge funds; Managed portfolios; Mutual fund performance; Portfolio performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952593669     PISSN: 15672395     EISSN: 15672409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0500000015     Document Type: Review

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