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48 results for financial stock returns

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.

The study explains stock return distributions using reaction functions.

problem Stock return distributions often deviate from normal distributions.
method Assumes normal event/information effects, financial over/underreaction, proposes reaction function model.
result Financial markets often underreact to minor events, overreact to significant ones, and react stronger to positive events.

Study finds investor sentiment has a significant positive relationship with stock returns in Moroccan and Tunisian markets.

problem Investor sentiment and stock returns relationship in Moroccan and Tunisian markets.
method Used indirect measures of investor sentiment (SENT and ARMS) and Granger causality tests.
result Sentiment has a significant positive relationship with stock returns, but not the other way around.

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.

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.

ChatGPT predicts stock market reactions from news headlines without financial training.

problem Predicting stock price movements using non-financial data.
method Used post-knowledge-cutoff headlines to train ChatGPT-4, which forecasts stock market reactions.
result ChatGPT-4 can predict stock market reactions with high accuracy, especially for small stocks and negative news.

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.

Enhances stock return prediction using LLMs and hybrid models.

problem Insufficient use of semantic information and alignment of LLMs with stock features.
method LG model with three strategies for global information modeling and SCRL for embedding alignment.
result Superior performance in Rank Information Coefficient and returns compared to models relying only on stock features.

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.

SAMBA predicts stock returns efficiently using Mamba and graph neural networks.

problem Accurate stock price predictions for financial returns.
method SAMBA integrates Mamba architecture with graph neural networks to achieve near-linear computational complexity.
result SAMBA significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models in prediction accuracy.

Paper examines trade/no trade patterns in illiquid stocks, highlighting effects of varying zero returns probabilities.

problem Detecting long-run trade/no trade effects in illiquid stocks with varying zero returns probabilities.
method Proposes a framework considering constant and time-varying zero returns probabilities, analyzing trade/no trade categorical sequences.
result Long-run trade/no trade effects may be spuriously detected in presence of non-constant zero returns probabilities.

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.

Research shows SBP's tone impacts stock market returns positively or negatively.

problem Impact of State Bank of Pakistan's monetary policy communications on stock market.
method Sentiment analysis and high frequency stock market returns analysis.
result Positive or negative tone in SBP communications affects stock returns positively or negatively.

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.

Stock correlations is crucial to asset pricing, investor decision-making, and financial risk regulations. However, microscopic explanation based on agent-based modeling is still lacking. We here propose a model derived from minority game for modeling stock correlations, in which an agent's expected return for one stock…

2018-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel financial time-series data representation improves industry sector classification.

problem Classifying industries using historical stock returns time-series data.
method Proposed a novel representation based on stock returns embeddings for time-series data, overcoming representational challenges of conventional approaches.
result Substantial performance improvements over baselines using conventional representations.

This paper fine-tunes LLMs for stock return prediction using financial news.

problem Improving stock return forecasting accuracy using LLMs.
method Fine-tuning LLMs with text and forecasting modules, comparing encoder-only and decoder-only models, and integrating token-level representations.
result LLMs' aggregated token-level embeddings enhance return predictions for long-only and long-short portfolios.

PRISM-VQ combines financial priors with vector quantization for better stock prediction.

problem Predicting cross-sectional stock returns is hard due to low signal-to-noise ratios and changing market conditions.
method Integrates expert priors, vector-quantized latent factors, and dynamic factor loadings.
result Consistent improvements in cross-sectional return prediction and portfolio performance.

Large language models predict stock market returns better than traditional methods.

problem Predicting stock market returns using financial news sentiment analysis.
method Analysis of large language models (LLMs) including BERT, OPT, FINBERT, and Loughran-McDonald dictionary model.
result OPT model shows highest accuracy (74.4%) in predicting stock market returns.

EXAMM evolves RNNs for stock return prediction and portfolio trading.

problem Predicting stock returns for optimal portfolio trading.
method Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search (EXAMM) for evolving RNNs.
result Evolving RNNs outperform traditional benchmarks in stock trading.

We study the price dynamics of stocks traded in a financial market by considering the statistical properties both of a single time series and of an ensemble of stocks traded simultaneously. We use the nn stocks traded in the New York Stock Exchange to form a statistical ensemble of daily stock returns. For each tradin…

2000-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows negative stock returns after Moroccan companies issue profit warnings.

problem Impact of profit warnings on stock returns in Moroccan market.
method Event study methodology, analyzing Casablanca Stock Exchange, 2009-2016.
result Negative average abnormal return after profit warning announcements, greater for qualitative than quantitative warnings.

Modeling stock returns and volatility using a bivariate gamma generalized Laplace law.

problem Analyzing stock returns and volatility using a new statistical model.
method Maximum likelihood estimation for a bivariate generalized Laplace distribution, simplifying to linear regression.
result Explicit estimators derived with nonstandard convergence rates for certain parameter configurations.

There is more and more empirical evidence that multifractality constitutes another and perhaps the most significant financial stylized fact. A realistic model of the financial dynamics should therefore incorporate this effect. The most promising in this respect is the Multifractal Model of Asset Returns (MMAR) introduc…

2006-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Model explains stock price bubbles through debt crises and financial crashes.

problem Analyzing financial fragility and stock price bubbles.
method Stock-flow consistent model integrating macroeconomic and financial market dynamics.
result Model demonstrates how credit expansion and crash risk lead to recurrent boom-bust cycles.

The study finds cash productivity predicts stock performance in a specific subset of firms.

problem Predicting future stock performance using cash productivity.
method Using financial and market data, calculated cash returns as a proxy for operational efficiency, and tested a long-only strategy on Nasdaq-listed non-financial firms.
result Cash productivity has significant predictive power in a handpicked portfolio but limited across the broader Nasdaq universe.

For researching the association between coal enterprise management and return in financial market, this paper applies the method of time difference relevance and PageRank method to seek the leader-index of a stock set containing 21 coal enterprises in A-share market and score those stocks. Based on the return in 2011, …

2012-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The FCA improved insider trading regulation after 2012, reducing abnormal returns.

problem Regulation of insider trading before and after the UK Financial Services Act 2012.
method Event study methodology using abnormal returns analysis.
result Abnormal returns were reduced after the FCA took over from the FSA.

In this paper we propose a new stochastic model based on a generalization of semi-Markov chains to study the high frequency price dynamics of traded stocks. We assume that the financial returns are described by a weighted indexed semi-Markov chain model. We show, through Monte Carlo simulations, that the model is able …

2012-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the rank distribution, the cumulative probability, and the probability density of returns of stock prices of listed firms traded in four stock markets. We find that the rank distribution and the cumulative probability of stock prices traded in are consistent approximately with the Zipf's law or a power law. It…

2004-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

New study finds day-of-the-week effects in stock market returns using multifractal analysis.

problem Exploring calendar anomalies in stock markets, particularly day-of-the-week effects.
method Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) applied to daily returns of market indices.
result Monday returns exhibit more persistent behavior and richer multifractal structures than other days.

Study examines how COVID-19 affected stock and crypto market efficiency.

problem Impact of COVID-19 on market efficiency of different asset classes.
method Analysis of price returns, absolute returns, and volatility increments in stock and cryptocurrency markets.
result Market efficiency varied by asset class and market, with some time series showing gradual decline over time.