Bond Fund Performance During Recessions and Expansions: Empirical Evidence from a Small Market

This paper provides the first investigation about bond mutual fund performance during recession and expansion periods separately. Based on multi-factor performance evaluation models, results show that bond funds significantly underperform the market during both phases of the business cycle. Neverthe...

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Main Author: Leite, Paulo (author)
Other Authors: Armada, Manuel Rocha (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11110/1109
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ciencipca.ipca.pt:11110/1109