"The Delivery of Market Timing Services: Newsletters Versus Market Timi" by Stephen G. Marks

Faculty Scholarship

Title

The Delivery of Market Timing Services: Newsletters Versus Market Timing Funds

Authors

Stephen G. MarksFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

1989

Publisher

National Bureau of Economic Research

Language

en-US

Abstract

This paper examines the dissemination of market timing information (signals on the overall performance ofrisky assets relative to the risk free rate). We consider two delivery systems. Under the newsletter deliverysystem market timing information is disseminated solely through newsletter. Under the fund deliverysystem, timers set up timing funds in which investors can invest. In the absence of market imperfections we find that both systems produce the same result. With restrictions on borrowing or with other nonlinearities we find the newsletter system to be superior. This is one possible explanation for the plethora of markettiming newsletters and the paucity of market timing funds.

Recommended Citation

Stephen G. Marks, The Delivery of Market Timing Services: Newsletters Versus Market Timing Funds, No. 75 National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper (1989).
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