Publications [#239155] of Edward Tower

Journal Articles

1. Tower, E; Zheng, W, Ranking mutual fund families: Minimum expenses and maximum loads as markers for moral turpitude, International Review of Economics, vol. 55 no. 4 (October, 2008), pp. 315-350, Springer Nature, ISSN 1865-1704
   (last updated on 2024/08/25)

   Abstract:
   We evaluate the performance of 51 mutual fund families based on a study of their diversified US managed mutual funds over an 11-year-period and explore the determinants of performance gross of published expenses. We find that mutual fund families which charge loads, high expenses to their most favored investors and have high turnover tend to perform badly, even gross of these fees. However, gross of published expenses, managed mutual fund portfolios of those families without loads, with low expenses in their least expensive class, and with low average turnover beat the corresponding indexes. © Springer-Verlag 2008.