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48 results for Financial Forecasting

This study compares two neural models for financial forecasting, showing their superiority.

problem Improving financial market trend predictions using neural networks.
method Systematic comparison of N-HiTS and N-BEATS with conventional models.
result N-HiTS and N-BEATS enhance forecast accuracy and robustness in financial time series data.

MPANF improves naive forecast by incorporating directional information.

problem Challenging to surpass naive forecast in financial time series.
method Combines naive forecast with movement prediction and accuracy.
result MPANF generally outperforms common benchmarks.

TimeMixer predicts global financial asset volatility, excelling in short-term forecasts.

problem Predicting volatility in global financial markets is challenging due to complexity and non-linear dynamics.
method Uses TimeMixer, a multiscale-mixing model for forecasting across different scales.
result TimeMixer performs exceptionally well in short-term volatility forecasting but less so in longer-term predictions.

CMTF improves financial market forecasting by fusing multiple data types.

problem Lack of effective integration of diverse financial data sources.
method Transformer-based deep learning framework with tensor interpretation and auto-training.
result CMTF outperforms classical and deep learning models in price direction classification.

Study shows awareness of reflexivity improves LLMs' financial forecasting accuracy.

problem Improving LLMs' ability to forecast financial markets during boom-bust cycles.
method Evaluated three LLMs under four conditions of reflexivity awareness in two market episodes.
result Reflexivity awareness improves forecasting accuracy differently across models and contexts.

FinZero improves financial time series forecasting accuracy with multimodal modeling.

problem Lack of interpretability, uncertainty, and scalability in financial time series forecasting.
method Developed a multimodal pre-trained model FinZero using UARPO method for reasoning, prediction, and uncertainty analysis.
result FinZero achieves an approximate 13.48% improvement in prediction accuracy over GPT-4o in high-confidence group.

MegazordNet combines stats and ML for better financial time series forecasting.

problem Forecasting financial time series is challenging due to its chaotic nature.
method MegazordNet integrates statistical features with a deep learning model.
result MegazordNet outperforms single statistical and machine learning methods in S&P 500 stock price prediction.

Foundation models improve volatility forecasting in finance.

problem Improving volatility forecasting in financial markets.
method Evaluation of TimesFM model, incremental fine-tuning, comparison with econometric benchmarks.
result Incremental fine-tuning improves forecast accuracy and outperforms traditional models.

Chronos models improve financial forecasting by integrating multivariate data.

problem Improving financial forecasting accuracy using multivariate data.
method Evaluation of Chronos-2 on multivariate and univariate financial forecasting models.
result Multivariate forecasts consistently outperform univariate forecasts, especially for interest rates.

FinCast is a foundation model for financial time-series forecasting that outperforms existing methods.

problem Challenges in financial time-series forecasting due to temporal non-stationarity, multi-domain diversity, and varying temporal resolutions.
method FinCast is a foundation model specifically designed for financial time-series forecasting, trained on large-scale financial datasets.
result FinCast exhibits robust zero-shot performance, effectively capturing diverse patterns without domain-specific fine-tuning.

Diffolio uses a diffusion model for multivariate financial forecasting and portfolio construction.

problem Probabilistic forecasting of multivariate financial time-series with complex cross-sectional dependencies.
method Diffolio employs a denoising network with hierarchical attention architecture, incorporating asset-level and market-level layers and a correlation-guided regularizer.
result Diffolio outperforms various probabilistic forecasting baselines in multivariate forecasting accuracy and portfolio performance.

X-Trend quickly adapts to new financial regimes, increasing Sharpe ratio by 18.9%.

problem Adapting to rapidly changing financial market conditions.
method Few-shot learning and cross-attention mechanism.
result X-Trend increases Sharpe ratio by 18.9% over a neural forecaster and 10-fold over a conventional strategy.

Adaptive volatility method improves probabilistic financial forecasting.

problem Probabilistic forecasting in financial markets.
method Adapts classical time-varying volatility models with online stochastic optimization.
result Ranked 5th in M6 financial forecasting competition.

Graph Neural Networks improve financial time series forecasting accuracy.

problem Forecasting univariate financial time series with statistical significance.
method Introducing the Time-Geometric model combining geometric and temporal patterns.
result Statistically significant improvements in forecasting accuracy through geometric patterns.

Novel CMG framework improves financial sentiment forecasting.

problem Challenges in short-term sentiment forecasting of financial OHLC data.
method Integrates chaos theory, Markov chains, and Gaussian processes with transformer models.
result Consistently outperforms traditional models in accuracy and efficiency.

Study compares forecasting models for European financial markets and cryptocurrencies, finding hybrid ETS-ANN model best.

problem Challenges in predicting financial market fluctuations and cryptocurrency prices.
method Comparative analysis of ARIMA, hybrid ETS-ANN, and kNN models on European financial markets and cryptocurrency data.
result Hybrid ETS-ANN model performs best over extended periods, with moderate accuracy.

BOA improves financial forecasting by combining expert models.

problem Challenges in choosing between multiple machine learning models for financial forecasting.
method Online aggregation of expert models using Bernstein Online Aggregation (BOA) procedure.
result BOA leads to better portfolio performance, higher Sharpe Ratio, and lower shortfall.

Global neural networks improve financial forecasting accuracy with larger, diverse datasets.

problem Mixed empirical performance in financial time series forecasting due to local model estimation.
method Global estimation strategy that pools information across cross-sections of over 10,000 global stocks.
result Forecasting accuracy improves with larger and more heterogeneous training datasets.

Long short-term memory network outperforms seasonal model in JSE Top 40 forecasting.

problem Comparing neural network performance to traditional models in financial forecasting.
method Used long short-term memory network for JSE Top 40 return data forecasting.
result Long short-term memory network outperforms seasonal model in forecasting.

Deep neural networks forecast financial return distributions accurately.

problem Forecasting probability distributions of financial returns.
method Used 1D CNN and LSTM architectures with custom loss functions to optimize distribution parameters.
result LSTM with skewed Student's t distribution outperformed classical models in multiple evaluation metrics.

Study enhances financial forecasting with machine learning and fuzzy MCDM.

problem Increasing financial uncertainty and market complexity.
method Integrates machine learning (XGBoost, LSTM, GNN) and intuitionistic fuzzy MCDM.
result High forecasting accuracy with low MAPE and narrow confidence intervals.

TSFMs improve financial forecasting across diverse tasks with strong transferability.

problem Complex nonlinear relationships, temporal dependencies, and limited data in financial time series forecasting.
method Pretraining on diverse time series corpora followed by task-specific adaptation.
result Tiny Time Mixers (TTM) achieved 25-50% better performance on limited data and 15-30% improvements on longer datasets.

Deep learning models improve financial price forecasting accuracy.

problem Accurately predicting financial time series prices.
method Review of recent advancements in deep learning models for price forecasting.
result Deep learning models outperform traditional methods in financial price forecasting.

Transformer-based models overfit financial time series data, leading to increased prediction variance.

problem Forecast collapse of transformer-based models under squared loss in financial time series.
method Theoretical analysis and numerical experiments on high-frequency EUR/USD exchange rate data.
result Increased model expressivity in Transformer-based models leads to spurious fluctuations without reducing bias, resulting in higher prediction variance.

Financial forecasting is challenging and attractive in machine learning. There are many classic solutions, as well as many deep learning based methods, proposed to deal with it yielding encouraging performance. Stock time series forecasting is the most representative problem in financial forecasting. Due to the strong …

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Adaptive learning model forecasts financial prices using order book data.

problem Forecasting high-frequency financial time series with non-stationary data.
method Adaptive learning model based on order book data, with stationarity and non-stationarity considerations.
result The model outperforms top fixed models and improves forecasting accuracy.

Combines CNN and Transformer for financial time series forecasting.

problem Forecasting financial time series, especially stock prices, is challenging due to short-term and long-term dependencies.
method Uses CNN for short-term dependencies and Transformer for long-term dependencies.
result Demonstrated superior performance in forecasting stock price changes compared to traditional methods.

Quantum machine learning boosts financial forecasting accuracy.

problem Churn prediction and credit risk assessment in finance.
method Used quantum and classical Determinantal Point Processes for churn prediction, and quantum neural networks for credit risk assessment.
result Significant improvement in precision for churn prediction (6% increase). Quantum models match classical performance with fewer parameters.

The paper examines how long-memory dynamics, rough-volatility, and persistence affect equity volatility forecasting.

problem The study investigates how long-memory dynamics, rough-volatility, and persistence impact equity volatility forecasting.
method The paper combines semiparametric long-memory estimation, rough-volatility diagnostics, and structured forecasting regressions.
result Persistence measures improve out-of-sample volatility forecasts, particularly during periods of elevated market volatility and in volatility-managed portfolio applications.

FCOC framework improves financial volatility forecasting.

problem Tackles dual challenges of feature fidelity and model responsiveness in financial volatility forecasting.
method Synergizes fractal feature extraction and dynamic chaotic oscillation processing.
result Demonstrates profound and generalizable impact on S\&P 500 and DJI datasets.

A3T-GCN model forecasts FTSE100 stock prices using technical indicators and financial ratios.

problem Forecasting closing stock prices of FTSE100 constituents.
method Hybrid A3T-GCN architecture using technical indicators, financial ratios, and sector correlations.
result A3T-GCN model improves prediction accuracy with annualized log-returns and shorter sequence lengths.

Machine learning models outperform traditional CAPM in forecasting financial asset prices.

problem Predicting and forecasting financial asset prices and returns.
method Comparison of modern Machine Learning algorithms with the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) on U.S. equities data.
result Implemented Machine Learning models significantly outperform the CAPM on out-of-sample test data.

Enhances financial time series forecasting with a multi-period learning framework.

problem Accurate financial time series forecasting requires considering both short-term and long-term trends.
method Proposes a Multi-period Learning Framework (MLF) with three modules: Inter-period Redundancy Filtering, Learnable Weighted-average Integration, and Multi-period self-Adaptive Patching.
result Improves financial time series forecasting accuracy and efficiency.

DAM improves cryptocurrency trend forecasting using multimodal data.

problem Simplistic merging of sentiment data in cryptocurrency trend forecasting.
method Dual Attention Mechanism (DAM) integrating financial metrics and sentiment analysis.
result DAM outperforms conventional models by up to 20% in prediction accuracy.

New neural network model improves long-term financial forecasts.

problem Challenges in forecasting financial time series with limited data.
method Spatiotemporal adaptive neural network using dynamic factor graph and attention-based mechanism.
result Significantly outperforms typical models in forecasting 21-day price trajectories.