Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method

One of the primary concerns on most business activities is to determine an efficient method for ranking mutual funds. This paper performs an empirical investigation to rank 42 mutual funds listed on Tehran Stock Exchange using Sortino method over the period 2011-2012. The results of survey have been...

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Main Authors: Khosro Faghani Makrani, Behzad Zamanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-04-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_66.pdf
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description One of the primary concerns on most business activities is to determine an efficient method for ranking mutual funds. This paper performs an empirical investigation to rank 42 mutual funds listed on Tehran Stock Exchange using Sortino method over the period 2011-2012. The results of survey have been compared with market return and the results have confirmed that there were some positive and meaningful relationships between Sortino return and market return. In addition, there were some positive and meaningful relationship between two Sortino methods.
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spelling doaj.art-2d50b37edfd94d28b2f1a350dbbd94952022-12-22T03:23:52ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432014-04-014465966210.5267/j.msl.2014.2.028Ranking mutual funds using Sortino methodKhosro Faghani Makrani Behzad ZamanianOne of the primary concerns on most business activities is to determine an efficient method for ranking mutual funds. This paper performs an empirical investigation to rank 42 mutual funds listed on Tehran Stock Exchange using Sortino method over the period 2011-2012. The results of survey have been compared with market return and the results have confirmed that there were some positive and meaningful relationships between Sortino return and market return. In addition, there were some positive and meaningful relationship between two Sortino methods.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_66.pdfSortino methodMutual fundTehran Stock Exchange
spellingShingle Khosro Faghani Makrani
Behzad Zamanian
Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
Management Science Letters
Sortino method
Mutual fund
Tehran Stock Exchange
title Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
title_full Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
title_fullStr Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
title_full_unstemmed Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
title_short Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method
title_sort ranking mutual funds using sortino method
topic Sortino method
Mutual fund
Tehran Stock Exchange
url http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_66.pdf
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