Do retail mutual fund investments represent “dumb money”?

This paper highlights the “dumb money” effect of Indian retail mutual fund investors who chase funds that subsequently underperform. Retail investors show twice the propensity to chase top past performers; their cash flows are strongly negatively correlated to contemporaneous market returns indicati...

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Main Authors: Sunderarajan Sourirajan, Subhashree Natarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:IIMB Management Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389621000197