Intangible investment becomes a strong predictor of stock returns over time.
problem Understanding the role of intangible investment in stock returns over different periods.
method Comparing intangible investment's predictive power over two distinct periods (1963-1992 and 1993-2022) using orthogonal factors.
result Intangible investment's predictive power for stock returns has significantly increased over time, becoming a main predictor for recent periods.
ChatGPT scores corporate investment plans, predicting future spending and returns.
problem Measuring and predicting corporate investment plans.
method Created a firm-level ChatGPT investment score based on conference calls.
result The investment score predicts future capital expenditures and returns.
The paper analyzes how companies' investments before crises affect their performance after crises.
problem Understanding how companies' investments before financial crises impact their performance afterward.
method Cluster analysis using Voronoi tessellation with statistical outliers identified.
result Positive investments before crises are associated with better performance after crises.
This paper analyzes the connection between innovation activities of companies -- implemented before crisis -- and their performance -- measured at time of crisis. The companies listed in the STAR Market Segment of the Italian Stock Exchange are analyzed. Innovation is measured through the level of investments in total …
Game theory helps analyze ESOs/EBIs in production and service sectors.
problem Economic incentives affect traditional production/service functions and create intangible capital.
method Uses game theory to analyze interactions in ESO/EBI transactions.
result No perfect Nash Equilibria for two-stage games involving many participants.
The paper refutes standard asset pricing models and introduces new theories.
problem Inaccuracies in standard asset pricing models.
method Introduces new theories and empirical tests to explain asset pricing anomalies.
result New theories explain why standard models are inaccurate and provide insights.
This paper is the first attempt to formalize a new field of economics; studding the Intangibles Goods available on the Internet. We are taking advantage of the digital world's specific rules, in particular the zero marginal cost, to propose a theory of trading & sharing unified. A function based money is created as a w…
This paper advances theory on the process of collaboration between entities and its implications on the quality of services, information, and/or products (SIPs) that the collaborating entities provide to each other. It investigates the scenario of outsourced IS projects (such as custom software development) where the e…
This study measures decentralization in blockchain finance governance.
problem Defining and measuring decentralization in blockchain finance applications.
method Aggregating and analyzing empirical data of four finance applications to calculate coefficients for governance token distribution.
result Gauges for objective evaluation of token governance capabilities and limitations.
Machine learning improves beta forecasts, enhancing equity valuation and portfolio performance.
problem Improving beta forecasts for better equity valuation and portfolio performance.
method Using machine learning on a large cross-section of US stocks with various firm characteristics.
result Machine learning improves out-of-sample performance of asymmetric beta measures.
In the present paper, the minimal investment risk for a portfolio optimization problem with imposed budget and investment concentration constraints is considered using replica analysis. Since the minimal investment risk is influenced by the investment concentration constraint (as well as the budget constraint), it is i…
The paper clarifies long-horizon investment and DCA, showing no risk reduction but different exposure profiles.
problem Misleading claims about reducing risk with longer investment horizons and DCA.
method Unified probabilistic framework, defining risk and uncertainty, and introducing effective investment exposure.
result Different investment timing strategies can lead to distinct exposure profiles over time, affecting risk and uncertainty.
Investment herding can reduce household consumption, a phenomenon called crowding-out effect.
problem Investment herding's impact on household consumption.
method Optimal control theory to model and solve for household investment and consumption decisions.
result Existence of crowding-out effect due to investment herding.
Qlib aims to integrate AI into quantitative investment.
problem Challenges in applying AI to quantitative investment.
method Design and develop Qlib to accommodate AI-driven workflow.
result Qlib realizes the potential of AI technologies in quantitative investment.
AI enhances quantitative investment for better returns and risk control.
problem Achieving stable returns through AI in quantitative investment.
method Application of AI technology in quantitative investment strategies.
result AI improves investment performance and risk management.
The investment economy is a main characteristic of prosperous society. The investment portfolio management is a main financial problem, which has to be solved by the investment, commercial and central banks with the application of modern portfolio theory in the investment economy. We use the learning analytics together…
We study optimal investment problems under the framework of cumulative prospect theory (CPT). A CPT investor makes investment decisions in a single-period financial market with transaction costs. The objective is to seek the optimal investment strategy that maximizes the prospect value of the investor's final wealth. W…
This paper proposes an embedding-based neural network for more accurate investment return prediction.
problem Accurately predicting investment returns requires understanding industry knowledge and news, as well as leveraging relevant theories.
method The approach uses embedding to encode investment IDs into low-dimensional vectors, leveraging dual branches to separate different information, and employs the swish activation function.
result The proposed embedding-based dual branch model outperforms traditional machine learning models like Xgboost, Lightgbm, and Catboost on the Ubiquant Market Prediction dataset.
New approach to goal-based investing using hedging and reinforcement learning.
problem Maximizing probability of reaching investment goals with varying risk aversion.
method Lower partial moments, quantile hedging, efficient hedging, reinforcement learning.
result Optimal investment policies for goal-based investing are equivalent.
Investment decision triggered by a convex curve in a two-factor uncertainty model.
problem Optimal irreversible investment in a company with two products whose prices follow geometric Brownian motions.
method Two-dimensional optimal stopping problem, nonlinear integral equation, convex curve characterization.
result Optimal investment decision is characterized by a convex curve, unique solution to a nonlinear integral equation.
Geometric structure reveals optimal investment and hedging products.
problem Optimal design of investment and hedging products.
method Investigation of geometric structure in risks and returns using a simple formula.
result Duality between hedging and investment with geometric interpretation of rationality.
Study shows institutional investments significantly impact cryptocurrency market evolution.
problem Limited understanding of institutional investments' role in cryptocurrency market evolution.
method Quantitative analysis of 1324 cryptocurrencies' investments from 2014-2022.
result Institutional investments correlate with cryptocurrency market capitalization.
WSB community outperforms investment banks in stock picks.
problem Can WSB's community provide better investment advice than banks?
method Data-driven comparison of WSB and bank recommendations on S&P 500 stocks.
result WSB recommendations outperform banks in some cases and detect top stocks better.
In portfolio optimization problems, the minimum expected investment risk is not always smaller than the expected minimal investment risk. That is, using a well-known approach from operations research, it is possible to derive a strategy that minimizes the expected investment risk, but this strategy does not always resu…
This paper solves optimal consumption-investment choices with wealth-driven risk aversion using neural networks.
problem Optimal consumption-investment choices under wealth-driven risk aversion.
method Neural network LSTM trained on jump-diffusion model data to optimize investment rate and consumption.
result Neural network approach shows promising results in solving the investment problem.
Solves pair trading problem using consumption-investment theory.
problem Pair trading consumption-investment problem
method Reduces HJB equation to a linear parabolic equation solvable explicitly
result Simple solution to pair trading problem
We study an optimal investment control problem for an insurance company. The surplus process follows the Cramer-Lundberg process with perturbation of a Brownian motion. The company can invest its surplus into a risk free asset and a Black-Scholes risky asset. The optimization objective is to minimize the probability of…
Even in the face of deteriorating and highly volatile demand, firms often invest in, rather than discard, aging technologies. In order to study this phenomenon, we model the firm's profit stream as a Brownian motion with negative drift. At each point in time, the firm can continue operations, or it can stop and exit th…
Proposes an end-to-end deep learning framework for active investing.
problem Constructing an active investment portfolio via deep learning.
method End-to-end deep learning framework covering factor selection, combination, stock selection, and portfolio construction.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of E2E deep learning framework in active investing.
Alpha-GPT 2.0 integrates human insights into AI-driven investment research.
problem Efficiency and precision in quantitative investment research.
method Iterative Human-AI interaction using large language models.
result Enhanced efficiency and precision in quantitative investment research.
Proposes a new method to rank risky investments based on Omega measure.
problem Evaluating and ranking risky investment projects.
method Introduces an investment certainty equivalence approach and uses the Omega measure.
result Proposed method ranks projects differently from conventional risk-adjusted discount rate (RADR) approach.
ChatGPT selects stocks for investment portfolios, but optimization models improve results.
problem Using AI for investment advice due to model inaccuracies.
method Used ChatGPT to generate a stock universe, then compared various portfolio optimization strategies.
result Combining AI-generated stock selection with advanced optimization models yields better investment outcomes.
New method uses impact IRR to assess impact investments.
problem Determining financial returns of impact investments remains challenging.
method Adapts modern portfolio theory and financial tools to evaluate impact investments.
result Demonstrates the feasibility and utility of impact IRR for optimizing impact investments.
New optimal investment strategies for finance and insurance using Hawkes-based models.
problem Optimal investment strategies in finance and insurance for specific models.
method Solving Merton investment problems with Hawkes-based models.
result New optimal investment results for finance and insurance models.
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.
Study optimal consumption and investment strategies with constraints in a market with random coefficients.
problem Optimal consumption and investment strategies with constraints in a regime switching market with random coefficients.
method Explicit optimal strategies provided via solutions to new BSDE systems.
result Solving new BSDEs to find optimal values and strategies.
I studied what role the US stock markets and money markets have possibly played in the Gross Private Domestic Investment (GPDI) of the United States from the year 1959 to the year 2001, Gross Private Domestic Investment refers to the total amount of investment spending by businesses and firms located within the borders…
Study optimal investment under uncertain conditions.
problem Optimal investment in uncertain market conditions.
method Modelled Knightian uncertainty through multiple priors, solved using stochastic backward equations.
result Existence and uniqueness of optimal investment plan derived.
Investor optimizes investment and consumption under uncertain market conditions with constraints.
problem Investor optimizes investment and consumption in a stochastic environment with model uncertainty and constraints.
method Robust control problem solved using stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman-Isaacs equations, backward stochastic differential equations, and bounded mean oscillation martingale theory.
result Investor incurs utility loss when ignoring model uncertainty, and constraints impact optimal strategy and value function.
The paper analyzes frameworks for integrating sustainability into investment decisions.
problem Understanding how ESG factors influence investment choices.
method Examined and analyzed various theoretical frameworks including Behavioral Finance, Modern Portfolio, and Risk Management.
result Investors increasingly integrate ESG factors to optimize financial outcomes and societal goals.
We propose a methodological framework to study the dynamics of inter-regional investment flow in Europe from a Complex Networks perspective, an approach with recent proven success in many fields including economics. In this work we study the network of investment stocks in Europe at two different levels: first, we comp…
This study improves stock investment strategies using advanced neural networks.
problem Improving stock investment strategies for better performance.
method Used LSTM-GRU neural networks combined with SVM for stock prediction.
result LSTM-GRU outperformed benchmarks in stock predictions.
A new model minimizes investment risk at multiple time points.
problem Minimizing risk in investment portfolios with multiple stopping points.
method Developed a multi-time state mean-variance model using Riccati equations.
result Optimal investment strategies can be derived from a sequence of Riccati equations.
The European Union and Eurozone present an inquisitive case of strongly interconnected network with high degree of dependence among nodes. This research focused on investment network of European Union and its major trading partners for specific time period 2001 to 2014. The changing investment patterns within Eurozone …
We consider the optimal investment problem for Black-Scholes type financial market with bounded VaR measure on the whole investment interval [0,T]. The explicit form for the optimal strategies is found.
Optimizes reinsurance and investment strategies to minimize ruin probability.
problem Optimizing reinsurance and investment strategies to minimize ruin probability.
method Stochastic projected gradient method based on Malliavin calculus.
result Effectiveness of the proposed method demonstrated through numerical experiments.
Study analyzes FIT schemes under market and regulatory uncertainty.
problem Tackles uncertainty in feed-in tariffs and their impact on investment thresholds.
method Uses semi-analytical real options framework to model and compare FIT schemes.
result Increasing regulatory uncertainty lowers investment thresholds for FIT schemes.
Investment decisions shift earlier as patience decreases, with implications for pasting conditions.
problem Investment timing under decreasing impatience.
method Game-theoretic framework with continuous-time capacity expansion problem.
result Decreasing impatience leads to earlier investment decisions, but can violate smooth pasting conditions.