Abstract
<i>Consumer Reports</i>, the highly regarded evaluator of automobiles, appliances, and a wide variety of other products, provided readers with mutual fund recommendations in 2005 and 2007. Sufficient time has now passed to allow for a rigorous empirical investigation of the returns and risks arising from investing in the mutual funds proposed by <i>Consumer Reports</i>. Examination of raw returns, risks, and risk-adjusted returns indicate that <i>Consumer Reports</i>’ choices outperformed mutual funds, in general, and index funds over the subsequent five years. Further investigation indicates that <i>Consumer Reports</i>’ relative success was especially good during the 2008 recession. <b>TOPICS:</b>Mutual fund performance, information providers/credit ratings
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