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title: ML Predicts Fund Performance
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4505281/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4505281
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4505281
featured: 2023-07-12
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# ML Predicts Fund Performance

Machine learning can forecast top-performing mutual funds using fund characteristics, particularly fund momentum and fund flow.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4505281
- Identifier: SSRN 4505281
- Released: 2021-12-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 7 (2023-07-12): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-07-12/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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