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48 results for financial correlation networks

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 study uses local Gaussian correlation to analyze stock return tails, revealing more sensitive network properties.

problem Misleading results from Pearson correlation in financial networks.
method Local Gaussian correlation coefficient for capturing nonlinear dependence and heavy-tailed distributions.
result Local Gaussian correlation network among negative tails is more sensitive to stock market risks.

The paper shows how cross-ownership increases equity correlations during financial crises.

problem Understanding and explaining rising correlations in financial markets during crises.
method Examined interlinkages among firms through a financial network, mathematically relating equity correlations to asset correlations and network sensitivity.
result Equity correlations are higher than asset correlations, and this relationship is independent of the equities level.

This paper introduces anti-correlation networks to study China's stock market.

problem Previous studies ignored anti-correlation in financial networks.
method Constructed weighted temporal anti-correlation and positive correlation networks.
result Unveiled differences in topological measurements between anti-correlation and positive correlation networks.

Complex network analysis reveals dominant stocks in financial stock returns correlations.

problem Inferring financial stock returns correlations from complex network analysis.
method Simulated geometric Brownian motion for stocks, complex network analysis, eigenvector centrality, clustering.
result Returns correlation matrix is dominated by stocks with high eigenvector centrality and clustering.

We review the recent approach of correlation based networks of financial equities. We investigate portfolio of stocks at different time horizons, financial indices and volatility time series and we show that meaningful economic information can be extracted from noise dressed correlation matrices. We show that the metho…

2004-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New portfolio optimization method considers both asset-specific and systemic risks for financial networks.

problem Optimizing portfolios with both idiosyncratic and systemic risks in financial networks.
method Developed a multi-objective optimization model that incorporates idiosyncratic variance and network clustering coefficient.
result Optimal portfolios outperform in terms of return measures and have less drawdown compared to traditional strategies.

Study uses VC correlation to uncover directional financial relationships.

problem Understanding causal relationships between financial variables.
method Volatility constrained correlation (VC correlation) method.
result Operating income is most influential, while market capitalization and revenue are most susceptible.

Quantum models generate financial time series with desired properties.

problem Generating synthetic financial data with temporal correlations.
method Quantum generative adversarial networks (QGANs) with quantum and classical components.
result QGANs can generate financial time series with matching distribution and temporal correlations.

Model forecasts market structure from financial networks using machine learning.

problem Predicting market correlation structure from financial networks.
method Dynamic Asset Graph (DAG), Dynamic Minimal Spanning Tree (DMST), Dynamic Threshold Networks (DTN).
result Model improves market structure forecasting by up to 40% over benchmarks.

Modeling financial contagion through bank networks, revealing solvency correlations.

problem Understanding how financial shocks propagate through interconnected banks.
method Simulated financial network of 100 banks, randomly generated with varying link probabilities, and shocks applied to 15 banks.
result Ranges of probability values and banks' solvency are positively correlated.

Modeling financial markets as gas molecules, the paper predicts phase transitions similar to water and steam.

problem Understanding the dynamics of financial markets through phase transitions.
method Developed a lattice gas model equivalent to the Ising model on a social network, analyzing critical exponents and auto-correlations.
result Financial market dynamics exhibit phase transition-like behavior, with critical exponents analogous to water and steam.

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 …

2008-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In the last years efforts in econophysics have been shifted to study how network theory can facilitate understanding of complex financial markets. Main part of these efforts is the study of correlation-based hierarchical networks. This is somewhat surprising as the underlying assumptions of research looking at financia…

2014-01-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Based on the daily data of American and Chinese stock markets, the dynamic behavior of a financial network with static and dynamic thresholds is investigated. Compared with the static threshold, the dynamic threshold suppresses the large fluctuation induced by the cross-correlation of individual stock prices, and leads…

2010-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Network analysis improves stock return forecasting.

problem Improving stock return forecasting using network properties.
method Network analysis of stock return correlations, using individual and global properties of stocks.
result 50% improvement in R2 score for long-term stock returns forecasting, 3% for short-term.

New method uses VAEs to generate financial correlation matrices for credit portfolio VaR analysis.

problem Quantifying credit portfolio sensitivity to asset correlations.
method Employing Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) to generate synthetic financial correlation matrices.
result The VAE latent space captures crucial factors impacting portfolio diversification, especially in credit portfolio sensitivity to asset correlations.

Financial markets are well known examples of multi-fractal complex systems that have garnered much interest in their characterization through complex network theory. The recent studies have used correlation based distance metrics for defining and analyzing financial networks. In this work the singularity strength is em…

2012-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A new model predicts financial volatility across firms using spatial correlations.

problem Predicting financial volatility across firms in a network.
method Heterogeneous spatiotemporal GARCH model with local likelihood estimation.
result The model captures spatial spillovers and contagion effects in financial networks.

The econophysics approach to socio-economic systems is based on the assumption of their complexity. Such assumption inevitably lead to another assumption, namely that underlying interconnections within socio-economic systems, particularly financial markets, are nonlinear, which is shown to be true even in mainstream ec…

2014-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm learns stock correlation matrix embedding using graph machine learning.

problem Understanding complex relationships among stocks based on their correlation matrix.
method Proposes a graph machine learning approach called Node2Vec to compress the correlation network into an embedding.
result The algorithm can learn an embedding from the correlation network of S&P 500 stock data.

The dynamic network of relationships among corporations underlies cascading economic failures including the current economic crisis, and can be inferred from correlations in market value fluctuations. We analyze the time dependence of the network of correlations to reveal the changing relationships among the financial,…

2010-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The study identifies assets with local balance deviating from global balance to mitigate financial risk.

problem Selecting outperforming assets during financial crises.
method Investigates deviations of local balance from global balance as a criterion for asset selection.
result Assets with local balance deviating from global balance can mitigate financial risk.

Using data from world stock exchange indices prior to and during periods of global financial crises, clusters and networks of indices are built for different thresholds and diverse periods of time, so that it is then possible to analyze how clusters are formed according to correlations among indices and how they evolve…

2011-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

This study examined how the correlation and network structure of 30 global indices and 145 local Korean indices belonging to the KOSPI 200 have changed during the 13-year period, 2000-2012. The correlations among the indices were calculated. The results showed that although the average correlations of the global indice…

2014-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves conditional covariance estimation using targeted groups of assets.

problem Improving conditional covariance estimation in financial time series.
method Introduces targeting in BEKK and DCC models for financial time series analysis.
result Encouraging results from empirical case study, especially with fewer assets.

MTRGL learns temporal correlations from multi-modal data for improved pair trading.

problem Discerning temporal correlations among financial entities.
method Combines time series data and discrete features into a temporal graph, using a memory-based temporal graph neural network.
result MTRGL outperforms traditional methods in temporal graph link prediction and pair trading.

DeepPocket uses graph convolutional reinforcement learning for better financial portfolio management.

problem Maximizing return on investment while managing risk in correlated financial assets.
method Graph convolutional reinforcement learning framework with feature extraction, local information collection, and actor-critic reinforcement learning.
result DeepPocket outperformed market indexes on five real-life datasets over three investment periods, including during the Covid-19 crisis.

Investment diversification affects financial stability, depending on network connectivity.

problem Analyzing stability of financial networks with diversified portfolios.
method Random matrix dynamical model with portfolio rebalancing, considering heterogeneity and diversification effects.
result Stability/instability transition depends on the largest eigenvalue of the random matrix.

The study uses DCC for financial market analysis, revealing hidden correlations.

problem Identifying hidden nonlinear correlations in financial markets.
method Agglomerative hierarchical clustering with distance correlation coefficient.
result DCC reveals more information than Pearson correlation for financial data.

Combining neural networks and multiscale decomposition for financial market analysis.

problem Financial markets' complexity and mainstream models' limitations in capturing non-linear structures.
method Neural networks for non-linear associations combined with multiscale decomposition.
result Improved understanding of financial market data substructures.