U.S. Mutual Fund Retail Investors in International Equity Markets : Is the Tail Wagging the Dog? /
Do the dynamics of net flows to U.S. retail mutual funds affect equity returns in emerging markets? The question merits further examination since retail investors in mutual funds can exert a much greater degree of "control" over these funds via cash injections or redemptions at any time. A...
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| Format: | Revista |
| Idioma: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2005.
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| Col·lecció: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2005/162 |
| Accés en línia: | Full text available on IMF |
| Sumari: | Do the dynamics of net flows to U.S. retail mutual funds affect equity returns in emerging markets? The question merits further examination since retail investors in mutual funds can exert a much greater degree of "control" over these funds via cash injections or redemptions at any time. A VAR analysis shows increased discrimination across emerging market regions after the Asian crisis as investors focused on individual regions rather than on emerging markets as a generic asset class. Crossover funds allocations also appear to affect emerging market returns. Furthermore, investment decisions by fund managers seem to be largely driven by retail investor allocations. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (22 pages) |
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| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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