We calculate the realized volatility in the spin model of financial markets and examine the returns standardized by the realized volatility. We find that moments of the standardized returns agree with the theoretical values of standard normal variables. This is the first evidence that the return dynamics of the spin fi…
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A spin model is used for simulations of financial markets. To determine return volatility in the spin financial market we use the GARCH model often used for volatility estimation in empirical finance. We apply the Bayesian inference performed by the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method to the parameter estimation of the GAR…
Methodology measures financial impacts using existing credit loss infrastructure.
problem Measuring the impact of financial scenarios on expected credit losses.
method Captures scenario effects through changes in default probabilities; uses existing provisioning infrastructure.
result Methodology validated through standardized climate scenario exercise in Canada and Quebec.
This study proves new financial market theorems breaking standard risk definitions.
problem Breaking standard risk definitions in financial markets.
method Presenting proofs for new financial market theorems.
result New definitions are richer and broader than standard ones considering shape.
We examine the efficiency of the Asymmetric Power ARCH (APARCH) model in the case where the residuals follow the standardized Pearson type IV distribution. The model is tested with a variety of loss functions and the efficiency is examined via application of several statistical tests and risk measures. The results indi…
A new estimator improves financial econometrics by providing reliable inference.
problem Poor performance of standard regression methods in financial economics with thick-tailed predictors.
method Developed an unbiased, consistent, and asymptotically normal estimator for linear regression.
result The new method delivers reliable inference under heteroskedasticity and quantile regression.
Study detects signal in financial stock correlations using phase-ordering kinetics.
problem Detecting meaningful signals in financial stock return correlations.
method Stochastic field theory model to establish a detection threshold.
result Detection of a signal in the largest eigenvalues of the stock return correlation matrix.
Look-Ahead-Bench: a Standardized Benchmark of Look-ahead Bias in Point-in-Time LLMs for Financecs.AI
Look-Ahead-Bench evaluates financial LLMs for lookahead bias, revealing significant differences in model performance.
problem Measuring and mitigating lookahead bias in financial LLMs.
method Standardized benchmark evaluating model behavior in practical financial scenarios, analyzing performance decay across market regimes.
result Standard LLMs exhibit significant lookahead bias, while Pitinf models show improved generalization and reasoning abilities.
Study introduces new financial ratios for better predicting company performance.
problem Lack of progress in predicting company performance and assessing financial risks.
method Developed new financial and macroeconomic ratios, supervised learning models, and Bayesian models.
result New proposed variables improve model accuracy and FNN performs best across multiple tasks.
Accounting statement analysis at industry level. A gentle introduction to the compositional approachq-fin.ST
This paper introduces compositional data analysis for financial ratios, improving industry-level analysis.
problem Statistical issues with standard financial ratios at industry level.
method Compositional data analysis techniques for financial ratios.
result Improved analysis of financial ratios using compositional data methods.
Value-at-Risk is a flawed substitute for non-ruin capital, leading to misleading financial standards.
problem Misuse of Value-at-Risk as a risk measure, replacing non-ruin capital, leads to flawed financial standards.
method Mathematical analysis of risk measures and their implications on financial standards.
result Non-ruin capital is a more accurate risk measure than Value-at-Risk, necessitating its adoption over the former.
New econometric results for financial duration models under varying tail behaviors.
problem Estimation and inference challenges in financial durations models with random event counts.
method Analysis of likelihood estimators for ACD models, focusing on tail behavior and stationarity.
result Asymptotic normality breaks down for tail indices smaller than one, leading to mixed Gaussian estimators with non-standard rates of convergence.
Study compares various non-Gaussian models for financial returns.
problem Leptokurtic, heavy-tailed financial returns defy Gaussian assumptions.
method Compared and simulated various non-Gaussian models using Monte Carlo.
result Consistency in modeling scaling properties of large price changes.
The relation between time series irreversibility and entropy production has been recently investigated in thermodynamic systems operating away from equilibrium. In this work we explore this concept in the context of financial time series. We make use of visibility algorithms to quantify in graph-theoretical terms time …
FinEAS models financial sentiment using BERT embeddings.
problem Financial sentiment analysis in markets.
method Supervised fine-tuning of BERT embeddings for financial texts.
result FinEAS outperforms vanilla BERT, LSTM, and FinBERT.
Qwen3-8B outperforms classical models in financial text classification.
problem Financial text classification for trading systems and sentiment analysis.
method Noisy Embedding Instruction Finetuning and Rank-stabilized Low-Rank Adaptation.
result Qwen3-8B achieves better classification accuracy and fewer training epochs.
The paper introduces a new method for detecting financial data outliers.
problem Detecting outliers in multivariate financial data.
method The approach uses the Cumulant Generating Function (CGF) to maximize projections on directions.
result The CGF maximization approach can be interpreted as an extension of principal component analysis.
A new explainable CBR system predicts financial risks with interpretability and good performance.
problem Predicting financial risks with interpretability and good performance.
method A novel explainable case-based reasoning (CBR) approach.
result The CBR system provides a good prediction performance and interpretability.
Hybrid model outperforms benchmarks in financial forecasting.
problem Robust asset price forecasting in finance.
method Combining LSTM with Neural Levy Processes using Grey Wolf Optimizer and ANN calibration.
result Hybrid model outperforms base LSTM and other models.
German FinBERT improves financial text analysis performance.
problem Capturing domain-specific nuances in financial text.
method German FinBERT is a pre-trained German language model trained on a large corpus of financial data.
result German FinBERT outperforms standard models on finance-specific tasks.
Adapts Altman's model to compositional data for bankruptcy prediction.
problem Predicting business default using standard financial ratios has issues.
method Uses compositional data methodology with log-ratios and machine learning.
result Compositional methods improve predictive performance, especially random forests.
In this paper we focus our attention on the exploitation of the information contained in financial news to enhance the performance of a classifier of bank distress. Such information should be analyzed and inserted into the predictive model in the most efficient way and this task deals with all the issues related to tex…
Study evaluates neural networks for corporate credit rating assessment.
problem Improving machine learning algorithms for credit assessment.
method Analysis of four neural network architectures (MLP, CNN, CNN2D, LSTM) on financial data from energy, financial, and healthcare sectors.
result LSTM architecture consistently outperforms others in predicting corporate credit ratings.
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.
InvestorBench benchmarks LLM agents in financial tasks.
problem Lack of a comprehensive benchmark for LLM-based financial agents.
method Developed a benchmark with diverse financial tasks and datasets.
result Evaluated LLM agents' performance across various financial products and market environments.
Paper improves ISDA margin calculation using LSMC.
problem Efficiently calculating initial margin for financial contracts.
method Extends Least Squares Monte-Carlo (LSMC) technique.
result Improved efficiency in estimating margin sensitivities.
A quantitative model of trading and price formation in financial marketscond-mat.stat-mech
We use standard physics techniques to model trading and price formation in a market under the assumption that order arrival and cancellations are Poisson random processes. This model makes testable predictions for the most basic properties of a market, such as the diffusion rate of prices, which is the standard measure…
I sketch a program for a microeconomic theory of the main component of the business cycle as a recurring disequilibrium, driven by incompleteness of the financial market and by information asymmetries between borrowers and lenders. This proposal seeks to incorporate five distinct but connected processes that have been …
The paper examines how CoCo bonds can enhance financial stability in interconnected banking systems.
problem Enhancing financial stability in interconnected banking systems.
method Financial network model with contingent convertible (CoCo) debt obligations.
result Replacing unsecured interbank debt with CoCo debt decreases systemic risk and increases bank shareholder value.
Study uses FinBERT for financial sentiment analysis to predict stock movement.
problem Predicting stock movement with greater accuracy.
method Integrates sentiment analysis with FinBERT and LSTM networks.
result FinBERT enhances model's ability to predict market fluctuations.
New financial ratios using compositional data improve analysis of firm health.
problem Statistical issues with standard financial ratios, especially skewness and outliers.
method Compositional data (CoDa) methodology to analyze financial statements.
result Outliers and skewness reduced, results invariant to numerator and denominator permutation.
A new method for computing Greeks without bias, improving stability.
problem Inaccurate and unstable computation of second order Greeks (like Gamma) in financial instruments.
method Apply Chebyshev interpolation techniques to finite differences for improved stability.
result Improved stability and accuracy in computing spot Greeks without bias.
FinDPO: Financial Sentiment Analysis for Algorithmic Trading through Preference Optimization of LLMscs.CL
FinDPO uses preference optimization to improve financial sentiment analysis models.
problem Financial sentiment analysis models often fail to generalize to unseen data.
method FinDPO uses Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) to align LLMs with human preferences.
result FinDPO achieves state-of-the-art performance and maintains positive returns under realistic trading conditions.
Intelligent financial data analysis system improves accuracy and efficiency.
problem Inefficient and inaccurate financial data analysis due to complex data and evolving contexts.
method Integrates LLMs with RAG technology for financial data analysis.
result Significant improvements in accuracy and recall (78.6% and 89.2%) compared to baseline.
GARCH-UGH improves VaR estimation for financial risk management.
problem Dynamic estimation of extreme VaR in financial time series.
method AR-GARCH filtering followed by a bias-reduced extreme value estimator.
result GARCH-UGH estimates are more accurate than conventional methods.
BloombergGPT is a large language model trained on financial data, outperforming existing models on financial tasks.
problem Lack of specialized large language models for finance.
method Trained on a 363 billion token dataset augmented with 345 billion tokens from general datasets, using a 50 billion parameter model.
result BloombergGPT outperforms existing models on financial tasks without sacrificing performance on general LLM benchmarks.
Algorithms are increasingly common components of high-impact decision-making, and a growing body of literature on adversarial examples in laboratory settings indicates that standard machine learning models are not robust. This suggests that real-world systems are also susceptible to manipulation or misclassification, w…
Financial markets are prominent examples for highly non-stationary systems. Sample averaged observables such as variances and correlation coefficients strongly depend on the time window in which they are evaluated. This implies severe limitations for approaches in the spirit of standard equilibrium statistical mechanic…
The 1/3 Financial Rule helps prevent household bankruptcy through balanced spending, savings, and debt repayment.
problem Reducing household bankruptcy risk through effective financial planning.
method Mathematical modeling, game theory, behavioral finance, and technological analysis.
result The 1/3 Financial Rule emerges as a robust solution for supporting household financial stability.
The multiplex dependency structure of financial marketsphysics.soc-ph
We propose here a multiplex network approach to investigate simultaneously different types of dependency in complex data sets. In particular, we consider multiplex networks made of four layers corresponding respectively to linear, non-linear, tail, and partial correlations among a set of financial time series. We const…
The study uses financial events to predict stock market movements.
problem Predicting stock market movements using financial events.
method Combined event extraction method, BERT/ALBERT enhanced event representation, and extended hierarchical attention network.
result Significantly better accuracies and higher simulated returns compared to state-of-the-art models.
Actuarial-consistency and two-step actuarial valuations: a new paradigm to insurance valuationq-fin.PR
Paper introduces new actuarial-consistent valuations for insurance liabilities.
problem Valuation of insurance liabilities considering both financial and actuarial risks.
method Proposes two-step actuarial valuations and actuarial-consistent procedures.
result Actuarial-consistent valuations are equivalent to two-step actuarial valuations under coherence.
The SV-GARCH-EVT model improves risk assessment in financial markets.
problem Inaccurate risk assessment in financial markets due to fat-tailed and leverage effects.
method Enhanced SV model with EVT for tail distribution, MCMC for parameter estimation.
result SV-EVT models outperform other models in backtesting and out-of-sample analysis.
The accurate prediction of time-changing variances is an important task in the modeling of financial data. Standard econometric models are often limited as they assume rigid functional relationships for the variances. Moreover, function parameters are usually learned using maximum likelihood, which can lead to overfitt…
Financial markets have been extensively studied as highly complex evolving systems. In this paper, we quantify financial price fluctuations through a coupled dynamical system composed of phase oscillators. We find a Financial Coherence and Incoherence (FCI) coexistence collective behavior emerges as the system evolves …
A new option pricing model uses a time-varying Hurst exponent for more accurate financial predictions.
problem Inaccurate modeling of financial time series due to constant memory parameter limitations.
method Modeling price fluctuations with multifractional Brownian motion and deriving option pricing formula.
result Empirical performance shows the multifractional model fits market quotes better than standard models.
New framework models stock relationships and investor expectations for better financial market predictions.
problem Limited by predefined stock relationships and immediate effects, current financial market analysis methods need improvement.
method Jointly models investor expectations and automatically mines latent stock relationships.
result Annual return exceeds 10%, surpassing existing benchmarks.
This paper measures financial market resilience in China and identifies key uncertainties.
problem Measuring financial market resilience in China.
method Quantitative analysis of total financial market and sub-markets, Diebold-Yilmaz connectedness approach.
result Financial market resilience in China is event-driven and influenced by geopolitical risks, economic and trade policy uncertainty, and U.S.-China tensions.