Overparametrized models with posterior drift

This paper investigates the impact of posterior drift on out-of-sample forecasting accuracy in overparametrized machine learning models. We document the loss in performance when the loadings of the data generating process change between the training and testing samples. This matters crucially in set

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Extreme-case Range Value-at-Risk under Increasing Failure Rate

The extreme cases of risk measures, when considered within the context of distributional ambiguity, provide significant guidance for practitioners specializing in risk management of quantitative finance and insurance. In contrast to the findings of preceding studies, we focus on the study of extreme

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

FinAI-BERT: A Transformer-Based Model for Sentence-Level Detection of AI Disclosures in Financial Reports

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services has prompted growing demand for tools that can systematically detect AI-related disclosures in corporate filings. While prior approaches often rely on keyword expansion or document-level classification, they fall short in granul

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Integrating Large Language Models in Financial Investments and Market Analysis: A Survey

Large Language Models (LLMs) have been employed in financial decision making, enhancing analytical capabilities for investment strategies. Traditional investment strategies often utilize quantitative models, fundamental analysis, and technical indicators. However, LLMs have introduced new capabiliti

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Can We Reliably Predict the Fed's Next Move? A Multi-Modal Approach to U.S. Monetary Policy Forecasting

Forecasting central bank policy decisions remains a persistent challenge for investors, financial institutions, and policymakers due to the wide-reaching impact of monetary actions. In particular, anticipating shifts in the U.S. federal funds rate is vital for risk management and trading strategies.

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Currents Beneath Stability: A Stochastic Framework for Exchange Rate Instability Using Kramers Moyal Expansion

Understanding the stochastic behavior of currency exchange rates is critical for assessing financial stability and anticipating market transitions. In this study, we investigate the empirical dynamics of the USD exchange rate in three economies, including Iran, Turkey, and Sri Lanka, through the len

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Potential Customer Lifetime Value in Financial Institutions: The Usage Of Open Banking Data to Improve CLV Estimation

Financial institutions increasingly adopt customer-centric strategies to enhance profitability and build long-term relationships. While Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is a core metric, its calculations often rely solely on single-entity data, missing insights from customer activities across multiple

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Predicting and Explaining Customer Data Sharing in the Open Banking

The emergence of Open Banking represents a significant shift in financial data management, influencing financial institutions’ market dynamics and marketing strategies. This increased competition creates opportunities and challenges, as institutions manage data inflow to improve products and service

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

SABR-Informed Multitask Gaussian Process: A Synthetic-to-Real Framework for Implied Volatility Surface Construction

Constructing the Implied Volatility Surface (IVS) is a challenging task in quantitative finance due to the complexity of real markets and the sparsity of market data. Structural models like Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho (SABR) model offer interpretability and theoretical consistency but lack flexibility

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Deep Hedging to Manage Tail Risk

Extending Buehler et al.’s 2019 Deep Hedging paradigm, we innovatively employ deep neural networks to parameterize convex-risk minimization (CVaR/ES) for the portfolio tail-risk hedging problem. Through comprehensive numerical experiments on crisis-era bootstrap market simulators – customizable with

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · thequant.space

Intrinsic Geometry and the Stability of Minimum Differentiation

We develop a framework for horizontal differentiation in which firms compete on a product manifold representing the feasible combinations of characteristics. This approach generalizes both the Hotelling line and Salop circle to any Riemannian space, allowing for a unified analysis of product space.

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Optimal Benchmark Design under Costly Manipulation

Price benchmarks are used to incorporate market price trends into contracts, but their use can create opportunities for manipulation by parties involved in the contract. This paper examines this issue using a realistic and tractable model inspired by smart contracts on blockchains like Ethereum. In

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Comparing Bitcoin and Ethereum tail behavior via Q-Q analysis of cryptocurrency returns

The cryptocurrency market presents both significant investment opportunities and higher risks relative to traditional financial assets. This study examines the tail behavior of daily returns for two leading cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, using seven-parameter estimates from prior research,

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · thequant.space

Evolution and determinants of firm-level systemic risk in local production networks

Recent crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions have exposed vulnerabilities and caused disruptions of supply chains, leading to product shortages, increased costs, and economic instability. This has prompted increasing efforts to assess systemic risk, namely the effects of firm d

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

From On-chain to Macro: Assessing the Importance of Data Source Diversity in Cryptocurrency Market Forecasting

This study investigates the impact of data source diversity on the performance of cryptocurrency forecasting models by integrating various data categories, including technical indicators, on-chain metrics, sentiment and interest metrics, traditional market indices, and macroeconomic indicators. We i

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Heterogeneous Exposures to Systematic and Idiosyncratic Risk across Crypto Assets: A Divide-and-Conquer Approach

This paper analyzes realized return behavior across a broad set of crypto assets by estimating heterogeneous exposures to idiosyncratic and systematic risk. A key challenge arises from the latent nature of broader economy-wide risk sources: macro-financial proxies are unavailable at high-frequencies

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

On the hidden costs of passive investing

Passive investing has gained immense popularity due to its low fees and the perceived simplicity of focusing on zero tracking error, rather than security selection. However, our analysis shows that the passive (zero tracking error) approach of waiting until the market close on the day of index recon

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Quantum Reinforcement Learning Trading Agent for Sector Rotation in the Taiwan Stock Market

We propose a hybrid quantum-classical reinforcement learning framework for sector rotation in the Taiwan stock market. Our system employs Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) as the backbone algorithm and integrates both classical architectures (LSTM, Transformer) and quantum-enhanced models (QNN, QRW

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

Rational Miner Behaviour, Protocol Stability, and Time Preference: An Austrian and Game-Theoretic Analysis of Bitcoin's Incentive Environment

This paper integrates Austrian capital theory with repeated game theory to examine strategic miner behaviour under different institutional conditions in blockchain systems. It shows that when protocol rules are mutable, effective time preference rises, undermining rational long-term planning and coo

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space

An Explicit Solution for the Problem of Optimal Investment with Random Endowment

We consider the problem of optimal investment with random endowment in a Black–Scholes market for an agent with constant relative risk aversion. Using duality arguments, we derive an explicit expression for the optimal trading strategy, which can be decomposed into the optimal strategy in the absenc

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · thequant.space