Proof that 'past performance is no guarantee of future results' π
Winning fund managers rarely keep winning π
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Itβs hard enough to construct a stock portfolio in a way that beats the competition.
Even if you are a fund manager who generated industry-leading returns in any given year, history says itβs an almost insurmountable task to stay on top consistently in subsequent years.
On Tuesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) published their latest Persistence Scorecard, which tracks the performance of equity funds over time. The data confirmed that most top-performing fund managers rarely stay on top.
The researchers reviewed the performance of actively managed equity funds across categories over five years through 2023. Just 4.9% of funds were able to remain in the top half of performance over the period. (See the chart above.)
βAmong top-quartile funds within all reported active domestic equity categories as of December 2019, not a single fund remained in the top quartile over the next four years,β SPDJI analysts observed.
The results arenβt any better when you take a closer look π
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