MUTUAL FUNDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION BASED ON SELECTIVITY AND MARKET TIMING

Abstract

This paper is an empirical evaluation of the performance of mutual fund managers in terms of “market timing” and “selectivity”, within the framework suggested by Treynor and Mazuy (1966) and Henriksson and Merton (1981). The relevant data set is a balanced panel of 55 (fifty five) mutual funds, over a 17 (seventeen)-month period began from February 2008 until June 2009. The result found that only 4 (four) mutual funds demonstrated a good performance in market timing and 4 (four) mutual funds showed a good performance in stock selection. Both methods have a good indicator to reflect mutual funds performance.