The paper analyzes global inflation's systemic nature and its impact on equity markets.
problem Understanding the systemic nature of global inflation and its financial market implications.
method Data-driven study using eigenvalue analysis, inner-product optimization, and time-varying portfolio optimization.
result Countries with high centrality in global inflation are identified, and the robustness of equity indices and sectors during inflationary periods are explored.
Investor attention predicts global equity market volatility during Ukraine invasion.
problem Predicting global equity market volatility during geopolitical events.
method Event-specific attention indices based on Google Trends, analyzed across 51 global equity markets.
result Investor attention significantly predicts volatility in countries with higher economic openness to Russia and closer to it.
We point out a simple equities trading strategy that allows a sufficiently large, market-neutral, quantitative hedge fund to achieve outsized returns while simultaneously contributing significantly to increasing global wealth inequality. Overnight and intraday return distributions in major equity indices in the United …
For nearly every major stock market there exist equity and implied volatility indices. These play important roles within finance: be it as a benchmark, a measure of general uncertainty or a way of investing or hedging. It is well known in the academic literature, that correlations and higher moments between different i…
Study uses RL to optimize global equity portfolios, finds mixed results.
problem Optimizing dynamic portfolio weights across diverse global markets.
method Deep reinforcement learning with Soft Actor-Critic, incorporating various constraints and reward formulations.
result RL strategies achieve competitive performance, but no strategy consistently outperforms Buy and Hold.
Develops a new framework to measure network connectedness across and within markets.
problem Lack of flexible methods to measure network connectedness and its evolution.
method Allows network nodes to be connected in clusters, with shocks orthogonal across clusters and correlated within clusters.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the new framework in a detailed empirical analysis of equity markets.
Study extends Gai-Kapadia framework to assess systemic risk in global equity markets.
problem Systemic risk and default cascades in global equity markets.
method Network analysis, threshold filtering, Monte Carlo simulations, tail risk assessment.
result System exhibits strong global resilience with negligible probability of large-scale failure.
The economic equities maximization criterion (MFPE) leads to the choice of financial portfolio, which maximizes the ratio of the expected value of the insurance company on the capital. This criterion is presented in the framework of a non-life insurance company and is applied within the framework of the French legislat…
Study finds key investing characteristics for success in equity markets.
problem Understanding what traits lead to financial success in equity markets.
method Exploratory factor analysis and multiple linear regression on 403 respondents' data.
result Investing characteristics significantly impact individual investors' excess return.
Analyzes how Trump's tweets impact global stock markets.
problem Understanding the financial impact of presidential tweets on stock markets.
method Examined tweets from Donald Trump's presidency, collected from The Guardian and Bloomberg, and analyzed their effect on equity indices.
result Identified tweets that significantly influenced stock market indices.
Model predicts global financial market risks and asset allocation.
problem Predicting downside risk and market regime shifts.
method Dynamic regime switching model based on GARCH-DCC-Copula.
result Significantly improves risk and alpha-based asset allocation strategies.
Study uses deep learning for efficient hedging of long-term financial derivatives.
problem Optimizing hedging strategies for long-term financial derivatives with various penalties and stylized facts.
method Deep reinforcement learning applied to neural networks optimizing hedging policies with quadratic and non-quadratic penalties.
result Non-quadratic global hedging policies result in significantly smaller downside risk metrics and significant hedging gains.
Study applies Gai-Kapadia framework to global equity markets to assess systemic risk and default cascades.
problem Assessing systemic risk and default cascades in global equity markets.
method Used Gai-Kapadia framework, 20-asset network, Monte Carlo simulations, and deterministic propagation analysis.
result High clustering among Brazilian assets leads to localized contagion, while developed markets show resilience.
Study on diversifying equity portfolios during financial crises and stability.
problem Determining the effectiveness of diversification strategies during financial crises and stability.
method Analysis of 20 years of US stock price data, including GFC and COVID-19 crashes, using eigenvalues, graph-theoretic diagnostics, and hierarchical clustering.
result During financial crises, diversification via sector-based portfolios is ineffective, while during stability, 30-40 stocks provide sufficient diversification.
Study tests how U.S. equity prices align with global asset frequencies using financial variables.
problem Testing whether U.S. equity prices align with global asset frequencies using financial variables.
method Examines SPX and RUT gaps, uses OIS-based funding, volatility, trading-friction, financial-condition variables, and residual information.
result Gains in fit survive broad-dollar neutralization, alternative blocks, PCA, residualization, and nested horizon selection, supporting reduced-form P-Q alignment.
Study financial crises using mathematical techniques to compare equity performance.
problem Comparing financial crises to understand market dynamics and investor strategies.
method New mathematical techniques including portfolio diversification, linear operator method, and combinatorial portfolio optimisation.
result New methods to quantify and compare equity returns during different market crises.
QuantNet learns global market trends to improve trading strategies.
problem Developing global trading strategies from multiple markets' data.
method QuantNet integrates transfer and meta-learning to learn market-agnostic trends and market-specific strategies.
result QuantNet outperformed top baseline strategies by 51% Sharpe and 69% Calmar ratios.
Investigates how extreme temperature events affect global equity portfolios.
problem Impact of extreme temperature events on global equity portfolios.
method Panel regression analysis and multi-objective portfolio optimization.
result Extreme temperature events negatively impact most sectors' returns.
Cross-border equity and long-term debt securities portfolio investment networks are analysed from 2002 to 2012, covering the 2008 global financial crisis. They serve as network-proxies for measuring the robustness of the global financial system and the interdependence of financial markets, respectively. Two early-warni…
Rebellion Research's AI strategy outperformed the S&P 500 for 14 years.
problem Outperforming the S&P 500 for 14 years with AI.
method AI Global Equity strategy focused on machine learning.
result AI strategy has outperformed the S&P 500 for 14 years.
A technique from stochastic portfolio theory [Fernholz, 1998] is applied to analyse equity returns of Small, Mid and Large cap portfolios in an emerging market through periods of growth and regional crises, up to the onset of the global financial crisis. In particular, we factorize portfolios in the South African marke…
Study quantifies firm risks from nature decline, showing significant equity losses.
problem Estimating the financial impact of nature deterioration on companies.
method Developed metrics (Country Degradation Index, Nature Risk Score) and assessed five environmental hazards.
result Global equities lose 26.8% in a nature decline scenario, with worst firms losing 75%.
New model predicts stock performance in large equity markets.
problem Predicting stock performance in large equity markets over long time horizons.
method Rank-based volatility stabilized models calibrated to empirical data.
result The model exhibits relative arbitrage and statistically fits empirical features.
Paper solves optimal portfolio deleveraging with cross asset impacts.
problem Maximize equity while meeting debt/equity requirement with cross asset price impacts.
method Developed successive convex optimization (SCO) and an effective global algorithm integrating SCO, convex relaxation, and branch-and-bound.
result Proposed algorithms find global optimal solutions efficiently.
Using an artificial neural network (ANN), a fixed universe of approximately 1500 equities from the Value Line index are rank-ordered by their predicted price changes over the next quarter. Inputs to the network consist only of the ten prior quarterly percentage changes in price and in earnings for each equity (by quart…
ChatGPT predicts stock market movements based on Bloomberg headlines, showing a positive correlation over short to medium terms.
problem Predicting stock market movements using news headlines.
method Used a two-stage prompt approach with a dataset of Bloomberg market summaries from 2010 to 2023.
result ChatGPT's sentiment scores correlate positively with future equity market returns over short to medium terms, with a negative correlation over longer horizons.
Paper classifies economic states and optimizes portfolios for stagflationary environments.
problem Economic uncertainty and stagflationary conditions.
method Mathematical techniques for analyzing multivariate time series, economic driver analysis, self-similarity identification, and portfolio optimization.
result Constructs economic state classifications and computes economic state integrals.
Paper proposes a new GPR-HS framework for accurate VCV estimation in global equity indices.
problem Accurate forecasting of Volatility-Covariance Matrix (VCV) for regulatory processes.
method Hybrid Gaussian Process Regression-Historical Simulation (GPR-HS) framework.
result GPR-HS framework achieves regulatory compliance and outperforms static VaR benchmarks.
A discrete time probabilistic model, for optimal equity allocation and portfolio selection, is formulated so as to apply to (at least) reinsurance. In the context of a company with several portfolios (or subsidiaries), representing both liabilities and assets, it is proved that the model has solutions respecting constr…
Private credit markets have expanded significantly, offering unique lending technology to private equity firms.
problem Understanding the growth and characteristics of private credit markets.
method Systematic survey of academic literature, development of integrated theoretical framework, empirical evidence.
result Private credit markets offer a distinct lending technology with higher spreads over syndicated loans.
Financial markets are well known for their dramatic dynamics and consequences that affect much of the world's population. Consequently, much research has aimed at understanding, identifying and forecasting crashes and rebounds in financial markets. The Johansen-Ledoit-Sornette (JLS) model provides an operational framew…
PEARL uses AI to replicate private equity performance with liquid assets.
problem Lack of access to private equity due to high costs and complexity.
method Combines AI with liquid assets, incorporating asymmetry for better performance.
result Model outperforms liquid proxies and aligns with private equity benchmarks.
Paper offers a simple CDS approximation formula with high accuracy.
problem Lack of CDS levels for market appreciation of companies' default risk.
method Developed a global and transparent Equity-to-Credit (E2C) formula using random forest regression.
result Random forest regression with E2C formula achieves 87.3% out-of-sample accuracy in CDS approximations.
Examines US equity risk premiums amid COVID-19.
problem Analyzing equity risk premiums during the pandemic.
method Not specified in the abstract.
result Not specified in the abstract.
The paper analyzes bank decisions in a three-step model, focusing on equity and debt raising.
problem Bank decision-making in a three-time-step model with equity and debt raising.
method Theoretical analysis of raising new equity and debt, considering capital requirements and equity holders constraints.
result Raising equity and debt can increase or decrease return on equity, depending on specific cases.
Equity risk premium is a central component of every risk and return model in finance and a key input to estimate costs of equity and capital in both corporate finance and valuation. An article by Damodaran examines three broad approaches for estimating the equity risk premium. The first is survey based, it consists in …
The study identifies and analyzes different market regimes in equity markets using advanced signal processing techniques.
problem Understanding and quantifying the dynamics of different market regimes in equity markets.
method Data-driven Hilbert--Huang Transform for regime identification, Holo--Hilbert Spectral Analysis for profiling, and Variable-Length Markov Chains for return dynamics modeling.
result Developed markets normalize more effectively as stress subsides, while developing markets retain residual tail dependence and downside persistence.
Study finds no significant impact of US sovereign credit rating downgrade on equity market.
problem Impact of US sovereign credit rating downgrade on US equity market.
method Event study methodology using three companies and S&P500 index.
result No significant effects of US sovereign credit rating downgrade on US equity market.
The paper extends Merton model to price equity warrants under subdiffusive fractional Brownian motion of the short rate.
problem Equity warrant pricing under subdiffusive fractional Brownian motion of the short rate.
method The paper applies subdiffusive mechanism to analyze equity warrant in a fractional Brownian motion environment, deriving a pricing formula for equity warrant.
result The paper provides a pricing formula for equity warrants under subdiffusive fractional Brownian motion model of the short rate.
Crypto markets show negative spillovers between chains, not positive co-movements.
problem Negative spillovers in crypto asset returns across different blockchains.
method On-chain data from multiple blockchains (Ethereum, Solana, Binance, Arbitrum, Avalanche) analyzed over 2022-2025.
result Surges on one chain often coincide with declines on others, especially during attention shocks.
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.
New model values equity-linked securities with guaranteed return.
problem Valuation of equity-linked securities with guaranteed return.
method Replicate security price as sum of guaranteed amount and Asian style option price on basket.
result Analytical formulas derived for security price and hedge ratios.
In this paper, within the framework of uncertainty theory, the valuation of equity warrants is investigated. Different from the methods of probability theory, the equity warrants pricing problem is solved by using the method of uncertain calculus. Based on the assumption that the firm price follows an uncertain differe…
The paper assesses how equity tail risk impacts US Treasury bond returns.
problem The effects of equity tail risk on the US government bond market.
method Estimating equity tail risk using option-implied stock market volatility and assessing its predictive power in reduced-form regressions and a term structure model.
result Equity tail risk significantly predicts one-month excess returns on Treasuries.
Study macroscopic equity market properties affecting active strategies.
problem Lack of adequate models for active equity strategies.
method Empirical study using CRSP Database, focusing on market capitalizations and returns.
result Highlight stylized facts and open questions in equity markets.
Modeling climate change costs with stochastic interest rates shows inequality, but funding abatement can reduce this.
problem Evaluating the costs and benefits of climate change mitigation with uncertain discount rates.
method Amended DICE model with stochastic interest rates and funding abatement costs.
result Introducing funding abatement can reduce intergenerational inequality in climate change costs.
Study shows similarities and differences in crypto and equity dynamics during pandemic.
problem Comparing cryptocurrency and equity market dynamics during the pandemic.
method New methodologies applied to study cryptocurrency and equity market dynamics, including recently introduced methods for trajectory and anomaly analysis.
result Cryptocurrencies exhibit stronger collective dynamics and correlation, while equities show greater persistence in anomalies over time.
Study finds ESG investments more resilient than traditional equity indices during market turmoil.
problem Resilience of ESG investments during financial instability.
method Daily returns analysis using MGND and EGARCH-in-mean models.
result ESG investments show higher resilience compared to traditional equity indices during crises.