On Merton's Optimal Portfolio Problem with Sporadic Bankruptcy for Isoelastic Utility

We consider a stock that follows a geometric Brownian motion (GBM) and a riskless asset continuously compounded at a constant rate. We assume that the stock can go bankrupt, i.e., lose all of its value, at some exogenous random time (independent of the stock price) modeled as the first arrival time

March 23, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Construction of a Japanese Financial Benchmark for Large Language Models

With the recent development of large language models (LLMs), models that focus on certain domains and languages have been discussed for their necessity. There is also a growing need for benchmarks to evaluate the performance of current LLMs in each domain. Therefore, in this study, we constructed a

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Nonlinear shifts and dislocations in financial market structure and composition

This paper develops new mathematical techniques to identify temporal shifts among a collection of US equities partitioned into a new and more detailed set of market sectors. Although conceptually related, our three analyses reveal distinct insights about financial markets, with meaningful implicatio

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Robust Utility Optimization via a GAN Approach

Robust utility optimization enables an investor to deal with market uncertainty in a structured way, with the goal of maximizing the worst-case outcome. In this work, we propose a generative adversarial network (GAN) approach to (approximately) solve robust utility optimization problems in general a

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Tax Policy Handbook for Crypto Assets

The Financial system has witnessed rapid technological changes. The rise of Bitcoin and other crypto assets based on Distributed Ledger Technology mark a fundamental change in the way people transact and transmit value over a decentralized network, spread across geographies. This has created regulat

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Markov approach to credit rating migration conditional on economic states

We develop a model for credit rating migration that accounts for the impact of economic state fluctuations on default probabilities. The joint process for the economic state and the rating is modelled as a time-homogeneous Markov chain. While the rating process itself possesses the Markov property o

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Anti-correlation network among China A-shares

The correlation-based financial networks are studied intensively. However, previous studies ignored the importance of the anti-correlation. This paper is the first to consider the anti-correlation and positive correlation separately, and accordingly construct the weighted temporal anti-correlation a

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

DiffSTOCK: Probabilistic relational Stock Market Predictions using Diffusion Models

In this work, we propose an approach to generalize denoising diffusion probabilistic models for stock market predictions and portfolio management. Present works have demonstrated the efficacy of modeling interstock relations for market time-series forecasting and utilized Graph-based learning models

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

On the Hull-White model with volatility smile for Valuation Adjustments

Affine Diffusion dynamics are frequently used for Valuation Adjustments (xVA) calculations due to their analytic tractability. However, these models cannot capture the market-implied skew and smile, which are relevant when computing xVA metrics. Hence, additional degrees of freedom are required to c

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Spanning Multi-Asset Payoffs With ReLUs

We propose a distributional formulation of the spanning problem of a multi-asset payoff by vanilla basket options. This problem is shown to have a unique solution if and only if the payoff function is even and absolutely homogeneous, and we establish a Fourier-based formula to calculate the solution

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Utilizing the LightGBM Algorithm for Operator User Credit Assessment Research

Mobile Internet user credit assessment is an important way for communication operators to establish decisions and formulate measures, and it is also a guarantee for operators to obtain expected benefits. However, credit evaluation methods have long been monopolized by financial industries such as ba

March 21, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Detecting and Triaging Spoofing using Temporal Convolutional Networks

As algorithmic trading and electronic markets continue to transform the landscape of financial markets, detecting and deterring rogue agents to maintain a fair and efficient marketplace is crucial. The explosion of large datasets and the continually changing tricks of the trade make it difficult to

March 20, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Enhancing Law Enforcement Training: A Gamified Approach to Detecting Terrorism Financing

Tools for fighting cyber-criminal activities using new technologies are promoted and deployed every day. However, too often, they are unnecessarily complex and hard to use, requiring deep domain and technical knowledge. These characteristics often limit the engagement of law enforcement and end-user

March 20, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Multifractal wavelet dynamic mode decomposition modeling for marketing time series

Marketing is the way we ensure our sales are the best in the market, our prices the most accessible, and our clients satisfied, thus ensuring our brand has the widest distribution. This requires sophisticated and advanced understanding of the whole related network. Indeed, marketing data may exist i

March 20, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

New Stochastic Fubini Theorems

The classic stochastic Fubini theorem says that if one stochastically integrates with respect to a semimartingale $S$ an $η(dz)$-mixture of $z$-parametrized integrands $ψ^z$, the result is just the $η(dz)$-mixture of the individual $z$-parametrized stochastic integrals $\intψ^z{d}S.$ But if one want

March 20, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Six Levels of Privacy: A Framework for Financial Synthetic Data

Synthetic Data is increasingly important in financial applications. In addition to the benefits it provides, such as improved financial modeling and better testing procedures, it poses privacy risks as well. Such data may arise from client information, business information, or other proprietary sour

March 20, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Max- and min-stability under first-order stochastic dominance

Max-stability is the property that taking a maximum between two inputs results in a maximum between two outputs. We study max-stability with respect to first-order stochastic dominance, the most fundamental notion of stochastic dominance in decision theory. Under two additional standard axioms of no

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Modeling stock price dynamics on the Ghana Stock Exchange: A Geometric Brownian Motion approach

Modeling financial data often relies on assumptions that may prove insufficient or unrealistic in practice. The Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) model is frequently employed to represent stock price processes. This study investigates whether the behavior of weekly and monthly returns of selected equi

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

To be or not to be: Roughness or long memory in volatility?

We develop a framework for composite likelihood estimation of parametric continuous-time stationary Gaussian processes. We derive the asymptotic theory of the associated maximum composite likelihood estimator. We implement our approach on a pair of models that have been proposed to describe the rand

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Uncertainty in the financial market and application to forecastabnormal financial fluctuations

The integration and innovation of finance and technology have gradually transformed the financial system into a complex one. Analyses of the causesd of abnormal fluctuations in the financial market to extract early warning indicators revealed that most early warning systems are qualitative and causa

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space