对于mutual funds for manager skill,我觉得应该有专门的课题研究,所以应该不是字面上的翻译。像下面这句话:
The biggest challenge in testing mutual funds for manager skill is the lack of a probability distribution of returns under the null hypothesis of no skill.
原假设no skill、是假设共同基金管理者是没有技能(能力?),然后检验他实际上是否有技能(能力?)
Not Fooled by Randomness: Using Random Portfolios to Analyze Investment Funds
Roberto Andres Stein
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business; University of Chile - School of Economics and Business
August 31, 2012
Abstract:
The biggest challenge in testing mutual funds for manager skill is the lack of a probability distribution of returns under the null hypothesis of no skill. A methodology based on randomly trading portfolios and non parametric statistical tests is explored, and a test of skill is proposed. Simulation is used to perform an in-depth study of the properties of this test, and to compare its power against that of other tests of skill based on factor model alphas. Empirical tests performed on a sample of US equity mutual funds find evidence of skill in a reduced number of managers, but that the value added by this skill is charged away from the investors in the form of fund fees and expenses. Overall, random portfolio based measures are found to be more powerful and easier to interpret than tests based on traditional and bootstrapped factor model alphas.