Do Barron’s Picks Outperform?
Value Expectations submits:
Barron’s is a well-respected, widely-publicized weekly newspaper that covers U.S. financial information, market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a wrap-up of the previous week’s market activity and news reports, as well as an informative outlook on the week to come. An interesting piece within Barron’s that garners special attention each week is their interviews of well-known fund managers (who often manage over 1 Billion in A.U.M.), which gives their best stock picks.
According to a 1994 study by Gary Banesh and Jeffrey Clark from The Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions (The Value of Indirect Investment Advice: Stock Recommendations in Barron’s (.pdf)), stock picks from Barron’s weekly Money Manger Interview outperform the market. The success of the picks from Barron’s is likely due to the fact that each fund manager provides one pick, which is usually a holding in their fund, and the success of that pick could bring their fund new investors. Therefore, there is plenty of incentive for these managers to get their best picks in front of the public’s eyes via Barron’s.
Investing, Long Term Investment, stock market | admin March 30, 2010
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