An Assessment of Mutual Funds in Poland, 1999–2005 Cover Image

Próba pomiaru efektywności funduszy inwestycyjnych w Polsce w latach 1999–2005
An Assessment of Mutual Funds in Poland, 1999–2005

Author(s): Marcin Salamaga
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: Sharpe ratio; mutual funds; investments

Summary/Abstract: The paper assesses the success of mutual funds in Poland using measures including Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, Sharpe’s alpha, Jensen’s alpha. These ratios assess selectivity, which represents the stock picking skill of the fund manager, and the excess return over and above the return required to compensate for the total risk that manager tales. The data used in the paper is taken from the Polish Financial Market from 1999 to 2005.

  • Issue Year: 873/2011
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 95-107
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish