Fund Evaluation in Practice (1) – Legg Mason (using CAPM)
The Legg Mason Value Prim fund returned 27.3% annually from September 1982 to December 1986 while the market only returned 21.6%. The fund manager might claim the excess returns were due to her exceptional ability at picking stocks. Armed with the CAPM and regression, we are able to evaluate the fund manager’s claim of superior performance.