MPI Research Corner

With 5 days until deadline, are there any indications mutual fund managers are systematically acting on the broadcasted hysteria and preparing their portfolios for a less sudden descent down an ominous Fiscal Cliff (or maybe just locking-in handsome double digit market gains YTD)?[1] Or are they broadly in the market, sanguine about the prospects for [...]

North America Equity USD denominated funds’ performances range from -54.91% to 13.04% over the last 52 weeks (ending December 2, 2011), in USD terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the S&P 500 Index) by approximately 5.13% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 15.73%. We last analyzed [...]

Asia Pacific ex Japan equity funds’ performance ranges from -0.59% to 40.34% over the last 52 weeks (ending February 25, 2010), in USD terms. The best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan) by approximately 11.9% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 14.4%. What role [...]