CRSP Survivor-Bias-Free US Mutual Funds

The only complete database of both active and inactive mutual funds

  • Initially developed by Mark M. Carhart of Goldman Sachs Asset Management for his 1995 dissertation entitled, “Survivor Bias and Persistence in Mutual Fund Performance” ​
  • Designed to facilitate research on the historical performance of open-ended mutual funds by using survivor-bias-free data​
  • Complete historical information for over 64,000 open-ended funds of which more than 33,000 are active and over 31,000 are delisted​

As the provider of the only complete database of both active and inactive mutual funds, CRSP leads the way in mutual fund research.

Key Features

CRSP databases are characterized by their comprehensive corporate action information and highly accurate total return calculations.

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