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48 results for asset ranking

We decompose returns for portfolios of bottom-ranked, lower-priced assets relative to the market into rank crossovers and changes in the relative price of those bottom-ranked assets. This decomposition is general and consistent with virtually any asset pricing model. Crossovers measure changes in rank and are smoothly …

2018-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper calculates risk-dependent centrality of Brazilian stocks, showing rankings vary with external risk and crisis events.

problem Understanding asset rankings in the Brazilian stock market under varying external risks.
method Computed risk-dependent centrality (RDC) for Brazilian stocks traded from 2008 to 2020, analyzing volatility and returns.
result Asset rankings based on RDC vary with external risk and crisis events, with higher volatility in crisis periods.

New algorithm improves asset ranking for better cross-sectional portfolios.

problem Sub-optimal ranking of assets in cross-sectional systematic strategies.
method Learning-to-rank algorithms to enhance portfolio construction.
result Modern machine learning ranking algorithms boost Sharpe Ratios by approximately threefold.

We uncover a large and significant low-minus-high rank effect for commodities across two centuries. There is nothing anomalous about this anomaly, nor is it clear how it can be arbitraged away. Using nonparametric econometric methods, we demonstrate that such a rank effect is a necessary consequence of a stationary rel…

2016-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The total duration of drawdowns is shown to provide a moment-free, unbiased, efficient and robust estimator of Sharpe ratios both for Gaussian and heavy-tailed price returns. We then use this quantity to infer an analytic expression of the bias of moment-based Sharpe ratio estimators as a function of the return distrib…

2015-05-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We empirically test predictability on asset price by using stock selection rules based on maximum drawdown and its consecutive recovery. In various equity markets, monthly momentum- and weekly contrarian-style portfolios constructed from these alternative selection criteria are superior not only in forecasting directio…

2014-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

MDS selects assets by combining daily returns and intraday risk curves, improving portfolio performance.

problem High estimation error in large-scale asset selection.
method Metric Dependence Screening (MDS) incorporating high frequency information as object valued data.
result MDS improves portfolio performance over benchmarks by preserving intraday risk dynamics.

Unified framework linking firm signals and cross-asset spillovers for SDF estimation.

problem Estimating SDF with cross-asset spillovers and firm-level predictive signals.
method Maximizing Sharpe ratio to jointly estimate signals and spillovers, yielding interpretable SDF.
result SDF consistently outperforms benchmarks across various investment universes and market states.

Enhances currency strategy Sharpe ratio by 30% using context-aware Learning to Rank.

problem Sub-optimal ranking of assets during critical market periods.
method Context-aware Learning to Rank model based on Transformer architecture.
result Significantly improves Sharpe ratio and various performance metrics.

We consider the problem of robustly maximizing the growth rate of investor wealth in the presence of model uncertainty. Possible models are all those under which the assets' region EE and instantaneous covariation cc are known, and where additionally the assets are stable in that their occupancy time measures converg…

2018-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved portfolio optimization using Kendall-like correlation coefficients.

problem Accurate estimation of eigenvectors in data-poor regimes for portfolio optimization.
method Developed generalized correlation coefficients based on Kendall's rank correlation.
result Markowitz portfolios with lower out-of-sample risk using these coefficients.

AI models outperform simple rules in cross-asset futures timing, especially with lower transaction costs.

problem Optimizing cross-asset portfolio weights using traditional forecasting and optimization methods.
method End-to-end AI policies that map market states directly to portfolio weights, trained on CME futures using a differentiable Sharpe ratio loss function.
result Transformer-based AI policies outperform simple rules and equal weighting, trading less and matching or exceeding equal weighting through moderate transaction costs.

With the advent of Web 2.0, various types of data are being produced every day. This has led to the revolution of big data. Huge amount of structured and unstructured data are produced in financial markets. Processing these data could help an investor to make an informed investment decision. In this paper, a framework …

2018-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses tensor networks to price multi-asset options efficiently.

problem Pricing multi-asset options via classical full-grid solvers is computationally infeasible due to the curse of dimensionality.
method Quantized tensor trains (QTT) transform the d-asset Black-Scholes PDE into a tractable high-dimensional problem.
result Full-grid prices and Greeks for correlated basket and max-min options in three to five dimensions can be computed with high accuracy.

Investigate the evolving structure of cryptocurrency interactions using high-frequency returns.

problem Evolution of cryptocurrency interactions
method Construct directed and weighted networks from Granger causal relationships between cryptocurrency log-returns.
result Normalized returns exhibit heavy-tailed distributions.

Study consumption-investment problem in markets with rank-based returns.

problem Consumption-investment problem in markets with rank-based returns.
method Derives an HJB equation with Neumann boundary conditions for the value function and proves a corresponding verification theorem.
result Explicit solutions for unconstrained, open market constraints, and fully invested cases.

Research tackles investor confusion in ESG rankings, offering tailored strategies.

problem Widespread confusion among investors regarding ESG rankings.
method Developed ESG ensemble strategies, integrated ESG scores into RL model, proposed Double-Mean-Variance model, introduced ESG-adjusted CAPMs.
result Optimized portfolios that balance financial returns and ESG-focused outcomes.

LLMs prefer Bitcoin under crisis frames, affecting financial decisions.

problem Testing whether LLMs have built-in biases towards specific financial assets.
method Developed a three-level audit protocol to examine Bitcoin's representation and influence in LLMs.
result An identifiable internal feature in LLMs can be perturbed to move financial choices, but only within measurable limits.

The paper identifies the minimum mean-variance spanning set and its importance in asset evaluation.

problem Estimating the minimum subset of assets that span the efficient frontier.
method Established identification conditions and developed a novel procedure for MSS estimation and inference.
result The MSS estimator accurately covers the true MSS and converges to it at any desired confidence level.

This paper investigates the rank distribution, cumulative probability, and probability density of price returns for the stocks traded in the KSE and the KOSDAQ market. This research demonstrates that the rank distribution is consistent approximately with the Zipf's law with exponent α=1.00α= -1.00 (KSE) and -1.31 (KOSDAQ),…

2004-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper evaluates various loss functions for Transformer models in stock ranking.

problem Evaluating loss functions for Transformer models in stock ranking.
method Systematic evaluation of advanced loss functions (pointwise, pairwise, listwise) on S&P 500 data.
result Different loss functions impact a model's ability to discern profitable relative orderings among assets.

New method for estimating financial covariance matrices efficiently.

problem Noisy covariance matrix estimation in high-dimensional financial data.
method Cluster financial time series into groups, apply shrinkage to ensure positive definiteness.
result Proposed methods provide reliable estimates and outperform other estimators.

The paper analyzes a five-factor capital market model and facilitates exact simulation.

problem Analyzing and simulating a five-factor capital market model.
method Using a Vasicek interest rate model, mean-reverting excess return, and realized inflation with expectation, the paper derives the necessary distributional results and describes practical methods to overcome rank deficiency.
result Exact simulation from the model can be achieved by sampling from a seven-dimensional normal distribution.

A new method for efficiently updating large-scale matrices in real-time.

problem Updating large-scale matrices with evolving data in real-time.
method Incremental SVD approach that handles row/column appends, rank-1 updates, and refresh strategies.
result Incremental SVD achieves accuracy close to full SVD with a fraction of the computational cost.

NewsNet-SDF uses deep learning to integrate financial news with financial data for better asset pricing.

problem Combining unstructured text with structured financial data for accurate asset pricing.
method Adversarial networks and pretrained language model embeddings.
result Substantially outperforms alternatives with a Sharpe ratio of 2.80.

Cryptocurrency patterns stable across market caps, validated by microstructure theory.

problem Stable patterns in cryptocurrency microstructure across different market caps.
method Unified CatBoost modeling pipeline with time-series cross validation, validated by backtests.
result Feature rankings and partial effects are stable across assets despite heterogeneous liquidity and volatility.

Extends QHawkes to MQHawkes for analyzing financial co-jumps.

problem Capturing endogenous co-jumps in financial markets.
method Develops MQHawkes process with quadratic kernels, investigates stationarity, and derives Yule-Walker equations.
result Volatility distribution exhibits power-law behavior with computable exponents.

QNA uses quantum-inspired density operators to diagnose market dependence and structural risk.

problem Lack of unified operator representation for market dependence and structural risk diagnostics.
method Quantum Network of Assets (QNA) framework using density operators.
result QNA entropy remains strongly related to covariance spectral entropy but becomes distinct with multi-feature rolling trajectories.

Quantum state preparation framework speeds up basket option pricing.

problem Limited practical benefit of quantum amplitude estimation due to state-preparation depth.
method Structure-aware tensor-train rank-based variational state preparation.
result State-preparation depth scaling replaced with linear scaling, maintaining low basket-pricing errors.

We develop an optimal currency hedging strategy for fund managers who own foreign assets to choose the hedge tenors that maximize their FX carry returns within a liquidity risk constraint. The strategy assumes that the offshore assets are fully hedged with FX forwards. The chosen liquidity risk metric is Cash Flow at R…

2019-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze the influence and interactions of 60 largest world banks for 195 world countries using the reduced Google matrix algorithm for the English Wikipedia network with 5 416 537 articles. While the top asset rank positions are taken by the banks of China, with China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China at the f…

2019-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗