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An Empirical Examination of Index Efficiency: Implications for Index Funds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Richard C. Burgess  and
Bruce T. O'Dell
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Indexes are frequently used for a basis of comparison of the performance of different types of assets, such as mutual funds and common stocks. Sharpe [6] studied the performance of mutual funds over the period 1944 to 1963 and compared their performance to the Dow-Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) using the capital-asset pricing model. For this period he concluded that mutual funds were relatively inferior investments. Joy and Porter [2], using the stochastic dominance approach, reached conclusions similar to those of Sharpe for the 1954–1963 period.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1978 , pp. 93 - 100
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1978

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