Jiangshan Yang

Heterogeneous predictability on mutual fund alphas:A sparse clustering GMM approach

Mutual fund managers’ skills, measured by risk-adjusted alphas, are predictable using fund characteristics identified by machine learning (e.g., Kaniel et al., 2023, JFE; DeMiguel et al., 2023, JFE). However, alpha's predictive power varies across funds and periods, with most fun...