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48 results for stock returns prediction

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.

In this paper, we address one of the main puzzles in finance observed in the stock market by proponents of behavioral finance: the stock predictability puzzle. We offer a statistical model within the context of rational finance which can be used without relying on behavioral finance assumptions to model the predictabil…

2019-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Study news networks to predict stock returns.

problem Predicting cross-sectional stock returns using news networks.
method Constructed time-varying directed networks of S&P500 stocks from 1 million news articles, identified stock tickers using an algorithm, and tested for comovement and reversal effects.
result News network attention proxy, network degree, predicts monthly stock returns robustly.

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.

Transformer pre-training improves stock return prediction accuracy.

problem Improving stock price prediction accuracy for better investment decisions.
method Pre-trained transformer models on TSX index, fine-tuned for individual stocks, compared to LSTM and XGBoost.
result Transformer model achieved lower mean squared error than benchmarks.

Behavioral theories posit that investor sentiment exhibits predictive power for stock returns, whereas there is little study have investigated the relationship between the time horizon of the predictive effect of investor sentiment and the firm characteristics. To this end, by using a Granger causality analysis in the …

2018-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In our previous studies we have investigated the structural complexity of time series describing stock returns on New York's and Warsaw's stock exchanges, by employing two estimators of Shannon's entropy rate based on Lempel-Ziv and Context Tree Weighting algorithms, which were originally used for data compression. Suc…

2014-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

LLMs overestimate stock returns and are less accurate at predicting extreme outcomes.

problem Behavioral biases in LLMs' stock return forecasts.
method Comparison of LLM forecasts with crowd-sourced estimates and historical data.
result LLMs overestimate stock returns and are less accurate at predicting extreme outcomes.

China's stock market is the largest emerging market all over the world. It is widely accepted that the Chinese stock market is far from efficiency and it possesses possible linear and nonlinear dependence. We study the predictability of returns in the Chinese stock market by employing the wild bootstrap automatic varia…

2016-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores how combining quantitative factors and news from LLMs improves stock return prediction.

problem Improving stock return prediction using quantitative factors and news.
method Introduces a fusion learning framework to learn unified representations from factors and LLM-generated newsflow, comparing combination, summation, and attentive methods. Explores mixture models and decoupled training approaches.
result Effective multimodal modeling of factors and news improves stock return prediction and selection.

Paper clusters microstructure measures for better stock return prediction.

problem Finding the best microstructure measures for predicting stock returns.
method Clustering model of market microstructure features studied in 10-second time-frequency.
result Identifies the most effective microstructure measures for accurate stock return prediction.

Many studies have been undertaken by using machine learning techniques, including neural networks, to predict stock returns. Recently, a method known as deep learning, which achieves high performance mainly in image recognition and speech recognition, has attracted attention in the machine learning field. This paper im…

2018-01-03abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

The paper uses PCA and HMM to forecast stock returns outperforming buy-and-hold.

problem Predicting stock returns accurately.
method Applied PCA to covariance matrix of S&P 500 stocks, used HMM on principal components, and forecasted stock returns.
result The model outperforms buy-and-hold strategy in terms of annualized Sharpe ratio.

This paper optimizes portfolios of thematic sector stocks using LSTM models.

problem Designing an optimized portfolio of stocks to maximize return and minimize risk.
method Extracted stock prices from Jan 2016 to Dec 2020, used LSTM model for prediction, designed portfolios based on critical stocks.
result LSTM model accurately predicted future stock returns, indicating high accuracy.

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.

FactorGCL uses hypergraph learning to predict stock returns by mining hidden factors.

problem Mining effective factors in data-driven models is challenging due to low signal-to-noise ratio in market data.
method FactorGCL employs a hypergraph structure and temporal residual contrastive learning to extract hidden factors.
result FactorGCL outperforms existing methods and mines effective hidden factors for predicting stock returns.

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.

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.

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.

Quantum neural network and tensor network models outperform classical models in Japanese stock market predictions.

problem Improving stock return predictions using quantum and quantum-inspired machine learning.
method Evaluation of quantum neural network and tensor network models against classical models like linear and neural networks.
result Tensor network model outperforms classical models in Japanese stock market, including linear and neural network models.

Develops a method to predict stock returns with time-varying risk premia.

problem Predicting stock returns with time-varying risk premia while maintaining no-arbitrage restrictions.
method Penalized two-pass regression with time-varying factor loadings, incorporating penalization in the first pass and grouping in the second pass.
result The proposed method reduces prediction errors compared to other approaches.

We consider the problem of neural network training in a time-varying context. Machine learning algorithms have excelled in problems that do not change over time. However, problems encountered in financial markets are often time-varying. We propose the online early stopping algorithm and show that a neural network train…

2020-03-05abs ↗pdf ↗

ReVol normalizes stock price features to mitigate distribution shifts, improving prediction accuracy.

problem Distribution shifts in stock price data hinder accurate prediction.
method ReVol uses normalization, attention-based estimation, and geometric Brownian motion.
result ReVol achieves an average improvement of more than 0.03 in IC and over 0.7 in SR.

We extend the AROW regression algorithm developed by Vaits and Crammer in [VC11] to handle synchronous mini-batch updates and apply it to stock return prediction. By design, the model should be more robust to noise and adapt better to non-stationarity compared to a simple rolling regression. We empirically show that th…

2020-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

AI predicts stock winners with 2.43 Sharpe ratio, but returns are highly concentrated.

problem Predicting stock returns with AI, focusing on identifying top winners.
method Deployed a state-of-the-art LLM to autonomously search the web for stock attractiveness, avoiding look-ahead bias.
result AI can generate alpha by identifying top winners, but returns are highly concentrated.

Stock prices are known to exhibit non-Gaussian dynamics, and there is much interest in understanding the origin of this behavior. Here, we present a model that explains the shape and scaling of the distribution of intraday stock price fluctuations (called intraday returns) and verify the model using a large database fo…

2009-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

New analysis shows ROI's predictive power for stock returns weakens significantly.

problem The predictive power of retail order imbalance (ROI) for future stock returns.
method Replicated Boehmer et al. (2021) using a more recent period and analyzed the effect of using alternative quote midpoint (QMP) method.
result Past ROI can no longer predict weekly returns on large-cap stocks, and the long-short strategy based on past ROI is no longer profitable.

The paper links labor income risk to stock returns using industry portfolio returns.

problem Understanding the impact of sectoral shifts on stock returns.
method Using cross-industry dispersion (CID) as a proxy for unemployment risk, the paper examines the relationship between stock returns and the sensitivity of returns to CID innovations.
result Stocks with high sensitivity to CID have lower expected returns, suggesting they are more exposed to sectoral shifts and unemployment risk.