This paper optimizes portfolios of thematic sector stocks using LSTM models.
problem Designing an optimized portfolio of stocks to maximize return and minimize risk.
method Extracted stock prices from Jan 2016 to Dec 2020, used LSTM model for prediction, designed portfolios based on critical stocks.
result LSTM model accurately predicted future stock returns, indicating high accuracy.
Enhances thematic investing with stock embeddings from textual data.
problem Challenges in constructing thematic portfolios due to overlapping sector boundaries and evolving market dynamics.
method Introduces THEME, a framework that fine-tunes embeddings using hierarchical contrastive learning, aligning themes and stocks using their hierarchical relationship and incorporating stock returns.
result Theme-aligned portfolios demonstrate compelling performance, significantly outperforming large language models in thematic asset retrieval.
Time series analysis and forecasting of stock market prices has been a very active area of research over the last two decades. Availability of extremely fast and parallel architecture of computing and sophisticated algorithms has made it possible to extract, store, process and analyze high volume stock market time seri…
This study compares two portfolio optimization methods on Indian stocks.
problem Designing an optimal portfolio considering stock returns and risks.
method Hierarchical Risk Parity and Eigen Portfolio approaches on NIFTY 50 sectors.
result Hierarchical Risk Parity portfolio outperforms Eigen portfolio in most sectors tested.
This paper optimizes portfolios using HRP and CLA algorithms on NIFTY 50 stocks.
problem Designing an optimal stock portfolio with accurate forecasting of future returns and risks.
method Uses hierarchical risk parity and critical line algorithms on NIFTY 50 stocks.
result Hierarchical risk parity algorithm outperformed the critical line algorithm on test data.
NIFTy.re accelerates imaging models and expands Gaussian processes and variational inference.
problem Slow performance and limited inference strategies in NIFTy.
method Rewritten NIFTy with new modeling principles, inference strategies, and JAX integration.
result Dramatic acceleration of models and new inference capabilities.
A new model explains U- and Swoosh-shaped stock price recovery during the COVID-19.
problem Modeling stock price recovery during the COVID-19 with V- and L-shaped recovery.
method Introducing a sentiment variable θ to quantify investor sentiment and simulate U- and Swoosh-shaped recovery. result The model explains U- and Swoosh-shaped recovery of sectoral indices with positive sentiment.
NIFTY dataset for financial forecasting models.
problem Improving financial market forecasting with LLMs.
method Two datasets for supervised and reinforcement learning.
result Demonstrates applications in stock price prediction.
Develops MIS, a probabilistic model for multi-industry classification.
problem GICS's limitation of assigning each firm to exactly one industry, especially for diversified firms.
method Topic modeling to probabilistically assign firms to multiple industries based on business descriptions.
result Demonstrates MIS's ability to flexibly assign firms to multiple industries with relevance probabilities.
Prediction of future movement of stock prices has been a subject matter of many research work. In this work, we propose a hybrid approach for stock price prediction using machine learning and deep learning-based methods. We select the NIFTY 50 index values of the National Stock Exchange of India, over a period of four …
FinDKG uses LLMs to detect financial trends from news articles.
problem Detecting global financial trends from unstructured text data.
method Fine-tuned LLMs for generating DKGs, KGTransformer for analysis.
result KGTransformer outperforms existing thematic ETFs in financial thematic investing.
Study finds monthly SIPs outperform first-day SIPs in Nifty 50 by 0.5-2.5% annually.
problem Underexplored impact of SIP timing in India's equity market.
method 22-year analysis using multi-layered statistical framework (non-parametric tests, effect size metrics, SSD).
result Monthly SIPs (EXP-SIP) outperform first-day SIPs (FTD-SIP) by 0.5-2.5% annually over short-to-medium-term horizons.
This study predicts stock prices using hybrid machine learning and LSTM models.
problem Accurately predicting stock prices despite the efficient market hypothesis.
method Hybrid modeling combining machine learning and deep learning (LSTM) for NIFTY 50 index prediction.
result LSTM-based univariate model with one-week prior data is most accurate.
Study shows news from various topics impacts Nifty 50 index.
problem Lack of analysis on news impact on Nifty 50 index.
method Analyzed Nifty 50 index movement with sentiments from diverse news topics.
result Sentiment scores from different topics significantly impact Nifty 50 index.
This paper presents deep learning models for NIFTY 50 stock price prediction.
problem Accurately predicting stock prices using historical data.
method Used CNN and LSTM-based deep learning models on NIFTY 50 historical data.
result Univariate encoder-decoder convolutional LSTM model is the most accurate.
This paper analyses how Time Series Analysis techniques can be applied to capture movement of an exchange traded index in a stock market. Specifically, Seasonal Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) class of models is applied to capture the movement of Nifty 50 index which is one of the most actively excha…
Study shows demonetization strengthened Indian currency and stock market.
problem Impact of demonetization on Indian stock market and foreign exchange rate.
method Daily rate of return analysis of foreign exchange rate and Nifty 50 index, use of dummy variable for demonetization period.
result Demonetization led to an upward trend in Indian stock market and strengthened the Indian currency (decreased foreign exchange rate).
The paper examines Indian market bubbles using financial ratios.
problem Detecting bubbles in emerging markets like India is challenging.
method Utilizes financial ratios and the Philips et al 2015 right-tailed unit test.
result Identifies various bubble episodes in the Indian market.
This study compares three portfolio design approaches for stock selection.
problem Designing a profitable portfolio with precise stock returns and risks.
method Three portfolio design approaches: mean-variance portfolio, hierarchical risk parity, and autoencoder-based portfolio.
result Autoencoder portfolios outperform MVP on annual returns, but MVP is best on risk-adjusted returns.
Study shows survivorship bias inflates returns in India's small-cap index.
problem Survivorship bias in emerging market small-cap indices.
method Reconstructing historical index composition through market capitalization ranking and comparing equal-weight portfolios of current constituents versus all historical members.
result Survivor-only backtesting overstates returns by 4.94 percentage points and Sharpe ratios by 0.097.
Study analyzes Nifty 50 returns over 34 years, showing P/E ratio predicts long-term gains.
problem Understanding equity return dynamics in the Indian market over various horizons.
method Unified, distribution-aware, complexity-informed framework using 34 years of Nifty 50 data.
result P/E ratio probabilistically maps return distributions across different investment horizons.
Develops a new framework for integrating satellite allocations in small portfolios.
problem Feasibility constraints in small portfolios, not return predictability, are the primary concerns.
method A four-layer feasibility framework: physical, economic, structural, and epistemic.
result Closed-form feasibility bounds on satellite size, turnover, and breadth without return forecasts.
This non-linear relationship in the joint time-frequency domain has been studied for the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE) with the international Gold price and WTI Crude Price being converted from Dollar to Indian National Rupee based on that week's closing exchange rate. Though a good correlation was obtained duri…
The present article surveys some mathematical aspects of the BCOV holomorphic anomaly equations introduced by Bershadsky, Cecotti, Ooguri and Vafa. It grew from a series of lectures the authors gave at the Fields Institute in the Thematic Program of Calabi-Yau Varieties in the fall of 2013.
Bayesian GPR model predicts extreme stock market losses.
problem Forecasting rare but impactful extreme negative returns in equity markets.
method Developed a Bayesian Generalised Pareto Regression model linking scale parameter to market volatility.
result The Cauchy prior provides the best balance between predictive accuracy and model simplicity.
The study evaluates various ML models for stock market prediction.
problem Predicting the Nifty 50 Index using machine learning models.
method 8 supervised machine learning models (AdaBoost, kNN, LR, ANN, RF, SGD, SVM, DT) applied to historical Nifty 50 Index data.
result Support Vector Machine performed best, but Stochastic Gradient Descent improved performance with larger datasets.
We present a novel method for hierarchical topic detection where topics are obtained by clustering documents in multiple ways. Specifically, we model document collections using a class of graphical models called hierarchical latent tree models (HLTMs). The variables at the bottom level of an HLTM are observed binary va…
The paper develops a decision support system for hierarchical text classification of conference proceedings.
problem Classifying documents with a fixed hierarchical structure of topics.
method Developed a weighted hierarchical similarity function to calculate topic relevance, using entropy of words to estimate weights.
result The weighted hierarchical similarity function improves ranking accuracy compared to other methods.
This study proposes an equal-weight portfolio strategy to reduce risk compared to traditional ETFs.
problem Risk of passive ETFs not matching optimal portfolio weights.
method Introduced an equal-weight portfolio strategy to reduce idiosyncratic risk.
result Equal-weight portfolio has lower risk than traditional ETFs, especially during idiosyncratic events.
We develop a nested hierarchical Dirichlet process (nHDP) for hierarchical topic modeling. The nHDP is a generalization of the nested Chinese restaurant process (nCRP) that allows each word to follow its own path to a topic node according to a document-specific distribution on a shared tree. This alleviates the rigid, …
The inference of correlated signal fields with unknown correlation structures is of high scientific and technological relevance, but poses significant conceptual and numerical challenges. To address these, we develop the correlated signal inference (CSI) algorithm within information field theory (IFT) and discuss its n…
Novel method prices call options using Pearson diffusion processes.
problem Pricing European call options with skewness and kurtosis.
method Modeling asset returns with Pearson diffusion processes.
result Proposed method outperforms Black-Scholes and Heston models.
Framework ranks sectors influenced by Indian Union Budgets.
problem Real-time analysis of budgetary impacts on sector-specific equity performance.
method Fine-tuned embeddings and language models for sector identification and performance ranking.
result 0.997 NDCG score in predicting sector ranks based on post-budget performances.
Survey on twisted dynamical zeta functions and Fried's conjecture.
problem Analyzing twisted dynamical zeta functions and their relation to Fried's conjecture.
method Review of existing literature and mini-course presentation.
result Discussion and validation of Fried's conjecture.
For a finitely generated discrete group Γ, the Γ-sectors of an orbifold Q are a disjoint union of orbifolds corresponding to homomorphisms from Γ into a groupoid presenting Q. Here, we show that the inertia orbifold and k-multi-sectors are special cases of the Γ-sectors, and that the Γ-sectors are orbif…
Study compares information flow between Chinese and US stock sectors.
problem Analyzing how information flows between sectors in Chinese and US stock markets.
method Daily sector indices, transfer entropy of daily returns, comparing 2000-2017.
result Most active sectors in information exchange differ between China and US, reflecting market dynamics.
Market sectors play a key role in the efficient flow of capital through the modern Global economy. We analyze existing sectorization heuristics, and observe that the most popular - the GICS (which informs the S&P 500), and the NAICS (published by the U.S. Government) - are not entirely quantitatively driven, but rather…
A new method predicts stock ranking uncertainty to improve trading performance during regime shifts.
problem Ranking models fail during regime shifts, leading to suboptimal performance.
method Adapting DEUP to rankers, predicting rank displacement and uncertainty, and proposing a two-level deployment policy.
result The two-level deployment policy improves risk-adjusted performance and indicates DEUP adds value mainly as a tail-risk guard.
Study uses multidimensional SE-NBD process to analyze default portfolios and identify shock amplification.
problem Analyzing interactions and shock propagation in default portfolios with multiple sectors.
method Applied multidimensional self-exciting negative binomial distribution (SE-NBD) process to 13 sectors.
result Identified upstream and downstream sectors, showing shock amplification in default portfolios.
With the network methods and random matrix theory, we investigate the interaction structure of communities in financial markets. In particular, based on the random matrix decomposition, we clarify that the local interactions between the business sectors (subsectors) are mainly contained in the sector mode. In the secto…
In cognitive psychology, automatic and self-reinforcing irrational thought patterns are known as cognitive distortions. Left unchecked, patients exhibiting these types of thoughts can become stuck in negative feedback loops of unhealthy thinking, leading to inaccurate perceptions of reality commonly associated with anx…
This study analyzes information flow networks in Chinese stock sectors using transfer entropy.
problem Understanding information transmission and market dynamics in Chinese stock sectors.
method Daily closing price data of 28 sectors from 2000 to 2017, transfer entropy, maximum spanning arborescence (MSA).
result The composite sector is an information source, and the non-bank financial sector is an information sink.
The paper analyzes Indian stock sectors using multifractal analysis for long and short-term investment.
problem Investment risk and stability in Indian stock sectors.
method Sector-wise multifractal analysis of Bombay Stock Exchange, India, over short and long time scales.
result Long-term investment in stable sectors is more profitable, while sectors with large fluctuations may lead to downturns.
The study finds significant financial sector volatility and tail risk spillovers to real economy sectors.
problem Volatility and tail risk spillovers from financial to real economy sectors.
method New measure of tail risk spillover, empirical analysis of U.S. economy 2001-2011.
result Significant volatility and tail risk spillovers from financial to real economy sectors, especially during crises.
Proposes a two-stage sector rotation method using machine learning and deep learning.
problem Identifying sectors with high investment attractiveness based on market conditions.
method Two-stage methodology: 1) Predict ETF prices using market indicators and feature selection, 2) Rank sectors based on predicted returns and select top sectors.
result The proposed methodology outperforms equally weighted portfolios and Echo State Networks show outstanding performance.
Spectral denoising recovers meaningful network structure from noisy financial correlations.
problem Noise in empirical correlation matrices from financial returns obscures genuine interactions.
method Spectral decomposition to separate structured and random components.
result Structured networks derived from 10-16 eigenmodes exhibit stronger core-periphery organization and scale-free degree distributions.
This paper models default data to capture dynamic dependence across sectors.
problem Static models fail to explain monthly default dependence.
method Dynamic low-rank state-space model for monthly multi-sector default-count data.
result Effective correlation matrices and copulas are induced from monthly data.
In this paper we consider a multivariate model-based approach to measure the dynamic evolution of tail risk interdependence among US banks, financial services and insurance sectors. To deeply investigate the risk contribution of insurers we consider separately life and non-life companies. To achieve this goal we apply …