Sports fans have likely heard of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx -- if an athlete or team is featured on the cover of the venerable publication, they'll suffer defeat or a downturn in performance soon.

Should fundsters be worried about a jinx of their own -- the Morningstar award jinx?

Honestly, probably not.

According to some pretty detailed analysis from Morningstar mutual fund analyst Kailin Liu, PMs who win Fund Manager of the Year Awards don't tend to do worse in the long term than the average manager.

Liu has put together some handy charts detailing how award winners do in various time frames after their awards. Too see the charts and read a more detailed analysis, check out the original article here. 

Edited by: Ben Geier


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