The performance of commodity trading advisors: A mean-variance-ratio test approach

The performance of commodity trading advisors: A mean-variance-ratio test approach

In this paper, we provide evidence that the mean-variance-ratio (MVR)test is superior the Sharpe Ratio (SR) test by applying both tests to analyze the performance of commodity trading advisors (CTAs). The findings show that while the SR test concludes that most of the CTA funds being analyzed are in...

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Main Authors: BAI, Zhidong, PHOON, Kok Fai, WANG, Keyan, WONG, Wing-Keung
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
Subjects:
Sharpe ratio
hypothesis testing
uniformly most powerful unbiased test
fund management.
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3221
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2012.06.010
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:In this paper, we provide evidence that the mean-variance-ratio (MVR)test is superior the Sharpe Ratio (SR) test by applying both tests to analyze the performance of commodity trading advisors (CTAs). The findings show that while the SR test concludes that most of the CTA funds being analyzed are indistinguishable in their performance, the MVR statistic shows that some funds outperformed others. Moreover, the SR statistic indicates that one fund significantly outperformed another even when the difference between the two funds was insignificant or even changed directions over sub-periods. Conversely, the MVR statistic can detect such changes when they occur over sub-periods. In addition, we have conducted simulations to show that the MVR test possesses good power.

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