Table 7

Stock-selection timing test for conventional mutual funds during stress periods

Stock-selection opportunity measure: FF6 alpha
No of fundsPercentage of funds in t-stat critical values (%)
t ≤ −2.575t ≤ −1.960t ≤ −1.645t ≤ −1.282t ≥ 1.282t ≥ 1.645t ≥ 1.960t ≥ 2.575
All funds29821.8125.5033.8942.2817.4512.757.054.36
UK19520.5123.0831.7939.4915.3811.286.674.10
France5825.8631.0336.2146.5520.6913.796.903.45
Germany4522.2228.8940.0048.8922.2217.788.896.67

Note(s): The table above reports the stock-selection timing coefficients gi estimated using the following cross-sectional equation: ACTi,t = ci + giSSOt+1 + εi,t+1, where ACTi,t denotes the active share in monthly period t and SSOt+1 represents the stock-selection opportunity in period t+1. Active share is defined according to Cremers and Petajisto (2009). To measure stock-selection opportunity, we calculate the average positive alpha value estimated from daily returns during period t+1 using the model described in Eq. (4). The columns report the percentage of funds whose individual t-statistics exceed or fall below the specified critical values. The t-statistics are corrected for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation using the Newey and West (1987) method. The period following the outbreak of the COVID-19 spans from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2024

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