Financial markets analyzed by reducing correlation matrix complexity.
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Polynomial time algorithm matches correlated Gaussian matrices without vanishing correlation.
We simplify matrix computations for block matrices, especially useful for covariance and correlation matrices.
Financial correlation matrices measure the unsystematic correlations between stocks. Such information is important for risk management. The correlation matrices are known to be ``noise dressed''. We develop a new and alternative method to estimate this noise. To this end, we simulate certain time series and random matr…
There has been an increasing interest in testing the equality of large Pearson's correlation matrices. However, in many applications it is more important to test the equality of large rank-based correlation matrices since they are more robust to outliers and nonlinearity. Unlike the Pearson's case, testing the equality…
Paper tackles fairness in CCA by minimizing correlation disparity error.
Bootstrapping regularizes singular correlation matrices, reducing the need for complex regularization.
A new way to describe correlation matrices makes modeling easier.
We analyze the spectral properties of correlation matrices between distinct statistical systems. Such matrices are intrinsically non symmetric, and lend themselves to extend the spectral analyses usually performed on standard Pearson correlation matrices to the realm of complex eigenvalues. We employ some recent random…
Researchers develop geodesics for a new metric on correlation matrices.
Estimates covariance matrices with correlations between samples.
cCorrGAN approximates conditional correlation matrices using GANs.
New method uses VAEs to generate financial correlation matrices for credit portfolio VaR analysis.
Complex systems are typically represented by large ensembles of observations. Correlation matrices provide an efficient formal framework to extract information from such multivariate ensembles and identify in a quantifiable way patterns of activity that are reproducible with statistically significant frequency compared…
We study a new ensemble of random correlation matrices related to multivariate Student (or more generally elliptic) random variables. We establish the exact density of states of empirical correlation matrices that generalizes the Marcenko-Pastur result. The comparison between the theoretical density of states in the St…
New metrics defined for full-rank correlation matrices, ensuring unique operations.
Improved eigenvalue distribution method for financial data.
A method to complete incomplete correlation matrices using maximum entropy.
We obtain general, exact formulas for the overlaps between the eigenvectors of large correlated random matrices, with additive or multiplicative noise. These results have potential applications in many different contexts, from quantum thermalisation to high dimensional statistics. We find that the overlaps only depend …
Paper defines conditions for feasible correlation matrices from factor structures.
Develops log-Euclidean Lie groups for SPD and correlation matrices.
Financial markets are highly correlated systems that reveal both the inter-market dependencies and the correlations among their different components. Standard analyzing techniques include correlation coefficients for pairs of signals and correlation matrices for rich multivariate data. In the latter case one constructs…
Graph alignment problem solved with convex relaxations for correlated matrices.
We construct and analyze symmetrized delay correlation matrices for empirical data sets for atmopheric and financial data to derive information about correlation between different entities of the time series over time. The information about correlations is obtained by comparing the results for the eigenvalue distributi…
Method estimates sparse inverse covariance and partial correlation matrices efficiently.
A new geometric framework embeds correlation matrices into Euclidean space for scalable brain network analysis.
The paper explores states of financial markets using correlation matrices and their dynamics.
Correlation matrices are omnipresent in multivariate data analysis. When the number d of variables is large, the sample estimates of correlation matrices are typically noisy and conceal underlying dependence patterns. We consider the case when the variables can be grouped into K clusters with exchangeable dependence; t…
New method separates market motion from stock correlations.
The paper models financial correlation matrices using permutation invariant Gaussian models and predicts market anomalies.
The paper uses deep learning to detect financial market regimes from correlation matrices.
We propose a novel approach for sampling realistic financial correlation matrices. This approach is based on generative adversarial networks. Experiments demonstrate that generative adversarial networks are able to recover most of the known stylized facts about empirical correlation matrices estimated on asset returns.…
Non-symmetric rectangular correlation matrices occur in many problems in economics. We test the method of extracting statistically meaningful correlations between input and output variables of large dimensionality and build a toy model for artificially included correlations in large random time series.The results are t…
Bayesian method for dynamic correlation matrices improves accuracy and responsiveness.
We discuss some methods to quantitatively investigate the properties of correlation matrices. Correlation matrices play an important role in portfolio optimization and in several other quantitative descriptions of asset price dynamics in financial markets. Specifically, we discuss how to define and obtain hierarchical …
Enhances sensitivity analysis for correlated inputs.
This paper uses rank correlation methods to construct MSTs from financial returns, finding them more stable and robust.
Better signal detection in undersampled data using joint and cross covariances.
Through simple analytical calculations and numerical simulations, we demonstrate the generic existence of a self-organized macroscopic state in any large multivariate system possessing non-vanishing average correlations between a finite fraction of all pairs of elements. The coexistence of an eigenvalue spectrum predic…
Review of correlation-based financial networks and entropy measures.
This note improves correlation stress tests using geodesic distance.
Given two data matrices and , sparse canonical correlation analysis (SCCA) is to seek two sparse canonical vectors and to maximize the correlation between and . However, classical and sparse CCA models consider the contribution of all the samples of data matrices and thus cannot identify an unde…
This article provides the mathematical foundation for stochastically continuous affine processes on the cone of positive semidefinite symmetric matrices. This analysis has been motivated by a large and growing use of matrix-valued affine processes in finance, including multi-asset option pricing with stochastic volatil…
We analyze the daily stock data of the Nasdaq Composite index in the 22-year period 1992-2013 and identify market states as clusters of correlation matrices with similar correlation structures. We investigate the stability of the correlation structure of each state by estimating the statistical fluctuations of correlat…
In order to pursue the issue of the relation between the financial cross-correlations and the conventional Random Matrix Theory we analyse several characteristics of the stock market correlation matrices like the distribution of eigenvalues, the cross-correlations among signs of the returns, the volatility cross-correl…
Diagonal transformations preserve independence structures in non-Gaussian distributions.
We study some properties of eigenvalue spectra of financial correlation matrices. In particular, we investigate the nature of the large eigenvalue bulks which are observed empirically, and which have often been regarded as a consequence of the supposedly large amount of noise contained in financial data. We challenge t…
We discuss a weighted estimation of correlation and covariance matrices from historical financial data. To this end, we introduce a weighting scheme that accounts for similarity of previous market conditions to the present one. The resulting estimators are less biased and show lower variance than either unweighted or e…