Institutional Investors and the Limits of Arbitrage

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CFA Digest
February 2012 | Vol. 42 | No. 1 | 3 pages
Source: CFA Institute
Jonathan Lewellen
Rajiv Kalra, CFA (Reviewer)

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Abstract

The author finds that institutional investors fail to achieve superior returnsand seem to lack stock-picking skills. Institutions appear to hold the marketportfolio because their returns are highly correlated with the value-weightedindex. Evidence also suggests that institutions do not emphasize thebook-to-market ratio, momentum, or accruals, which are attributes known topredict stock returns.

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Topics
Behavioral Finance
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  • Limits to Arbitrage
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Portfolio Management
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  • Management of Institutional Investor Portfolios
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