We demonstrate that the gain/loss asymmetry observed for stock indices vanishes if the temporal dependence structure is destroyed by scrambling the time series. We also show that an artificial index constructed by a simple average of a number of individual stocks display gain/loss asymmetry - this allows us to explicit…
Quantum walks model financial returns with flexibility and asymmetry.
problem Accurate modeling of financial asset price dynamics.
method Discrete-time quantum walks to model asset price evolution.
result Quantum walk models can generate asymmetric return distributions and higher probabilities for extreme events.
We propose a novel method to forecast the future from the present using time-reversed data.
problem Forecasting the future from past data, exploiting temporal asymmetry.
method Retrodictive forecasting via inverse MAP optimization over a Conditional Variational Autoencoder (CVAE).
result The method successfully predicts future events in time-reversible and irreversible processes.
Stress research is a rapidly emerging area in thefield of electroencephalography (EEG) based signal processing.The use of EEG as an objective measure for cost effective andpersonalized stress management becomes important in particularsituations such as the non-availability of mental health facilities.In this study, lon…
FinHEAR combines LLMs with human expertise for better financial decision-making.
problem Challenges in financial decision-making for language models.
method Multi-agent framework with specialized LLMs for historical analysis, event interpretation, and expert retrieval.
result FinHEAR outperforms baselines in financial tasks with higher accuracy and risk-adjusted returns.
We analyse the temporal changes in the cross correlations of returns on the New York Stock Exchange. We show that lead-lag relationships between daily returns of stocks vanished in less than twenty years. We have found that even for high frequency data the asymmetry of time dependent cross-correlation functions has a d…
Researchers study spectral asymmetry using pseudodifferential projections on the massless Dirac operator.
problem Understanding spectral asymmetry for the massless Dirac operator.
method Constructing a negative order pseudodifferential asymmetry operator from spectral projections.
result Computed the principal symbol of the asymmetry operator, accounting for gauge invariance.
Develops a new approach to spectral asymmetry using microlocal analysis.
problem Spectral asymmetry on 3-manifolds.
method Constructs an asymmetry operator using microlocal analysis.
result The asymmetry operator generalizes the eta invariant and contains spectral asymmetry information.
Research builds an index measuring analysts' perception of informational asymmetry.
problem Measuring the level of informational asymmetry among companies.
method Developed an algorithm based on Elo rating to capture analysts' perception.
result The model shows good fit with significant variables: coverage, volatility, Tobin q, and size.
Deep learning framework detects emotions from EEG data.
problem Detecting emotions from EEG signals.
method Temporal and spatial convolutional layers learn discriminative representations.
result TSception achieves 86.03% classification accuracy, significantly outperforming other methods.
By decomposing asset returns into potential maximum gain (PMG) and potential maximum loss (PML) with price extremes, this study empirically investigated the relationships between PMG and PML. We found significant asymmetry between PMG and PML. PML significantly contributed to forecasting PMG but not vice versa. We furt…
The paper tackles multi-player information asymmetry bandits in metric spaces.
problem Information asymmetry in rewards, actions, or both in multiplayer bandit problems.
method Adopted CAB and zooming algorithms for information asymmetry in rewards and actions.
result Regret bounds of the same order in all 3 problem settings.
Bayesian analysis reveals asymmetry in financial data.
problem Quantifying asymmetry in financial time series data.
method Bayesian approach, t-Test generalization, two data distribution models, sensitivity analysis.
result Statistical significance of gain/loss asymmetry amounts.
Study finds time-varying volatility and multifractality in Bitcoin, with asymmetry weakening as market efficiency increases.
problem Investigating time-varying properties of Bitcoin's volatility and multifractality.
method Rolling window method to examine daily Bitcoin returns and multifractal properties over time.
result Volatility asymmetry in Bitcoin changes over time, becoming less pronounced as market efficiency increases.
Research shows that information asymmetry affects how quickly companies adjust their capital structure and expected returns.
problem The relationship between capital structure adjustment speed and expected returns is influenced by information asymmetry.
method A hybrid data regression model was used to test the hypotheses based on data from 120 companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange.
result Information asymmetry positively affects the relationship between capital structure adjustment speed and expected returns.
The Finslerian extension of the Euclidean metric is proposed and studied under rigorous conditions that the associated indicatrix is regular and convex. The relativistic pseudo-Euclidean metric is extended, too. The extensions show distinct violation of the T−parity, so that the future-past asymmetry of the physical …
Inverse statistics in economics is considered. We argue that the natural candidate for such statistics is the investment horizons distribution. This distribution of waiting times needed to achieve a predefined level of return is obtained from (often detrended) historic asset prices. Such a distribution typically goes t…
Python package cegpy models processes with asymmetries.
problem Leveraging CEGs for processes with structural asymmetries.
method Developed cegpy, a Python package for CEGs with Bayesian model selection and probability propagation.
result First CEG package in any language that can model symmetric and asymmetric structures.
The study reveals asymmetries in US financial shocks' international impacts.
problem Analyzing nonlinearities in international financial spillovers.
method Developed a flexible nonlinear multi-country model to capture asymmetries in responses to financial shocks.
result Adverse shocks trigger stronger declines in output, inflation, and stock markets than benign shocks.
The percolation model of stock market speculation allows an asymmetry (in the return distribution) leading to fast downward crashes and slow upward recovery. We see more small upturns and more intermediate downturns.
Dynamic Vine Copulas detect and quantify time-varying higher-order interactions in multivariate systems.
problem Time-varying dependence in multivariate systems, including tail behavior, asymmetry, and conditional structure.
method Dynamic Vine Copulas (DVC) framework for estimating and diagnosing non-Gaussian dependence, using fixed-root-order C-vines and smooth parameter trajectories.
result DVC detects and quantifies time-varying higher-order interactions, distinguishing between pairwise and conditional dependence.
A new method for CT-DCEGs simplifies inference for asymmetric processes.
problem Inference in asymmetric state space problems with continuous time evolution.
method An extension of CEG propagation for CT-DCEGs, employing junction tree inference.
result CT-DCEGs are preferred over DBNs and continuous time BNs for asymmetric processes.
Asymmetry PRISM outperforms CPU and GPU solvers for institutional rebalancing.
problem Institutional rebalancing with deadline constraints
method Asymmetry PRISM
result Asymmetry PRISM-CPU is 4.5x to 24.1x faster than the fastest completed reference row in the same lane.
Investment horizon approach has been used to analyze indexes of Polish stock market.Optimal time horizon for each return value is evaluated by fitting appropriate function form of the distribution. Strong asymmetry of gain-loss curves is observed for WIG index, whereas gain and loss curves look similar for WIG20 and fo…
This paper tackles online strategic decision making with asymmetry and knowledge transportability.
problem Strategic decision making with information asymmetry and knowledge transportability challenges.
method Developed a sample-efficient algorithm for online learning under these conditions.
result Proved sample complexity of O(1/ε2) for learning an ε-optimal policy. New method automates asymmetric choice for better skill transfer in reinforcement learning.
problem Improving sample efficiency and transferability of reinforcement learning agents.
method Attentive Priors for Expressive and Transferable Skills (APES) using hierarchical KL-regularization.
result APES automates asymmetric choice, leading to better skill transfer across sequential tasks.
We define a measure of spectral asymmetry for G_2 and Spin(7) manifolds. We show that this invariant can be computed in terms of characteristic classes and the covariant constant form defining the G_2 or Spin(7) structure.
In this paper we study the spectral asymmetry of (possibly nonselfadjoint) elliptic PsiDO's in terms of the difference of zeta functions coming from different cuttings. Refining previous formulas of Wodzicki in the case of odd class elliptic PsiDO's, our main results have several consequence concerning the local indepe…
Market Mill is a complex dependence pattern leading to nonlinear correlations and predictability in intraday dynamics of stock prices. The present paper puts together previous efforts to build a dynamical model reflecting the market mill asymmetries. We show that certain properties of the conditional dynamics at a sing…
Previous research has shown that for stock indices, the most likely time until a return of a particular size has been observed is longer for gains than for losses. We establish that this so-called gain/loss asymmetry is present also for individual stocks and show that the phenomenon is closely linked to the well-known …
Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
problem Gradient-based causal discovery methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
method Identified and examined two distributional biases: Marginal Distribution Asymmetry and Marginal Distribution Shift Asymmetry. Employed two simple models to demonstrate and control these biases.
result Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries, and these biases can be controlled.
Paper models market dynamics using bull and bear forces.
problem Complex market dynamics influenced by biases and narratives.
method Bias to Behavior from Bull-Bear Dynamics (B4) model.
result Model predicts market trends with superior performance and interpretable insights.
Study examines asymmetry impacts on Japanese stock market volatility modeling and forecasting.
problem Understanding asymmetry's impact on modeling and forecasting realized volatility in Japanese stock markets.
method Employed heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models with three types of asymmetry: positive and negative realized semivariance, asymmetric jumps, and leverage effects.
result Leverage effects significantly influence realized volatility modeling and forecast performance in Japanese stock markets.
The abstract discusses financial irreversibility using quantum mechanics and projective geometry.
problem Financial irreversibility and its limitations in trading strategies.
method Projective geometry and Taylor expansion of directed distance in quantum systems.
result Fundamental asymmetry under state exchange is a key factor in financial irreversibility.
New algorithms learn and interpret asymmetry-labeled DAGs for COVID-19 fear.
problem Bayesian networks' strict symmetric independence assumption limits their applicability in real-world scenarios.
method Developed novel structural learning algorithms for asymmetry-labeled DAGs.
result Efficient algorithms allow for straightforward interpretation of the underlying dependence structure.
Study shows gain-loss asymmetry in stock indices using a q-spin Potts model.
problem Understanding the dynamics of stock indices in complex markets.
method Developed a q-spin Potts model to represent stock market dynamics.
result Observed a self-organized gain-loss asymmetry in stock indices.
New method discovers causal relationships in complex time series data.
problem Discovering causal relationships in multivariate time series is challenging.
method Temporal Dependency to Causality (TD2C) framework using mutual information.
result TD2C achieves state-of-the-art performance in causal discovery.
Researchers have studied the first passage time of financial time series and observed that the smallest time interval needed for a stock index to move a given distance is typically shorter for negative than for positive price movements. The same is not observed for the index constituents, the individual stocks. We use …
Recent studies have revealed a number of striking dependence patterns in high frequency stock price dynamics characterizing probabilistic interrelation between two consequent price increments x (push) and y (response) as described by the bivariate probability distribution P(x,y) [1,2,3,4]. There are two properties, the…
The value of stocks, indices and other assets, are examples of stochastic processes with unpredictable dynamics. In this paper, we discuss asymmetries in short term price movements that can not be associated with a long term positive trend. These empirical asymmetries predict that stock index drops are more common on a…
There are some statistical anomalies in the Chinese stock market, i.e., positive return skewness, anti-leverage effect (positive returns induce higher volatility than negative returns); and reverse volatility asymmetry (contemporaneous return-volatility correlation is positive). In this paper, we first confirm the exis…
New method calculates eta invariant without analytic continuation.
problem Spectral asymmetry of non-semibounded systems.
method Direct pseudodifferential technique for curl operator.
result Eta invariant can be traced as spectral projection difference.
Directed graphs have asymmetric connections, yet the current graph clustering methodologies cannot identify the potentially global structure of these asymmetries. We give a spectral algorithm called di-sim that builds on a dual measure of similarity that correspond to how a node (i) sends and (ii) receives edges. Using…
Paper uses bipartite graph to forecast cross-market returns, revealing asymmetry.
problem Cross-market return predictability and asymmetry between U.S. and Chinese markets.
method Directed bipartite graph capturing time-ordered linkages, hypothesis testing for edge selection, regularized and ensemble machine learning models.
result U.S. returns predict Chinese intraday returns, but not vice versa, revealing asymmetry.
Optimally estimates stability in Lorentzian isoperimetric inequalities.
problem Stability estimates in Lorentzian isoperimetric inequalities.
method Quantitative stability estimates using Fraenkel asymmetry and Lipschitz bounds.
result Optimal stability estimates with universal constants for Lorentzian isoperimetric inequalities.
Quantum walk model captures asymmetry and bimodality in long-term financial returns.
problem Inadequate classical models for long-term financial return distributions.
method Discrete-time quantum walk model.
result Captures bimodal and asymmetric probability distributions.
Bayesian networks are simplified for categorical variables using staged trees and asymmetry-labeled DAGs.
problem Representing non-symmetric conditional independences in Bayesian networks.
method Formalized relationship between Bayesian networks and staged trees, introduced asymmetry-labeled DAGs, and developed an algorithm to learn staged trees.
result A novel algorithm for learning staged trees that captures non-symmetric independences.
New proofs and inequalities for capillarity problems quantify asymmetries.
problem Quantifying asymmetries in capillarity functionals.
method ABP-type technique, symmetrization, selection-type argument.
result Sharp quantitative inequalities for asymmetries in capillarity problems.