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Performance persistence of fixed income mutual funds

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The “winner-winner, winner-loser, gone” methodology allows tests for short-term performance persistence for government and corporate fixed income mutual funds from 1990 to 1999. Persistence occurs when “winner” (loser) funds remain “winner” (loser) funds. If intermediate-term (long-term) bond returns are higher than long-term (intermediate-term) bond returns for successive years, the z-statistic is positive. Persistence is negative in the opposite case, and the pattern holds for longer lag periods. Statistical significance and consistency between the sign of persistence and bond returns indicates persistent returns on bond funds, but the nature of persistence is driven by changes in interest rates.

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  1. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, 20057, Washington DC

    William G. Droms & David A. Walker

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The authors would like to acknowledge the research assistance of Michael Serra and Michael Wieczorek. This research was supported in part by the McDonough School of Business and the Capital Markets Research Center at Georgetown University.

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Droms, W.G., Walker, D.A. Performance persistence of fixed income mutual funds. J Econ Finan 30, 347–355 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752740

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