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Publications [#239154] of Edward Tower

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Journal Articles

  1. Reinker, KS; Tower, E, Are vanguard's managers good stock-pickers or style-pickers?, Journal of Portfolio Management, vol. 31 no. 3 (January, 2005), pp. 109-111, Institutional Investor Journals, ISSN 0095-4918 [doi]
    (last updated on 2024/03/28)

    Abstract:
    Jared Kizer's article in the Winter 2005 issue indicates for Vanguard's managed funds that the return to stock-picking skill is not enough to offset the additional transactions costs of a managed portfolio. Thus, the superior performance of Vanguard's managed portfolio was due entirely to its tendency to overweight small stocks and value stocks relative to the index portfolio during a period when stocks with these two characteristics outperformed the market. So, it is style-picking skill rather than stock-picking skill that leads to the superiority of the managed portfolio in this particular instance. Similarly, style-picking skill explains the lower risk for the managed portfolio.


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