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Power mapping and noise reduction for financial correlations

Andersson, Per-Johan ; Öberg, Andreas and Guhr, Thomas LU (2005) Conference on Applications of Random Matrices to Economy and Other Complex Systems 36(9). p.2611-2619
Abstract
The spectral properties of financial correlation matrices can show features known from completely random matrices. A major reason is noise originating from the finite lengths of the financial time series used to compute the correlation matrix elements. In recent years, various methods have been proposed to reduce this noise, i.e. to clean the correlation matrices. This is of direct practical relevance for risk management in portfolio optimization. In this contribution, we discuss in detail the power mapping, a new shrinkage method. We show that the relevant parameter is, to a certain extent, self-determined. Due to the "chirality" and the normalization of the correlation matrix, the optimal shrinkage parameter is fixed. We apply the power... (More)
The spectral properties of financial correlation matrices can show features known from completely random matrices. A major reason is noise originating from the finite lengths of the financial time series used to compute the correlation matrix elements. In recent years, various methods have been proposed to reduce this noise, i.e. to clean the correlation matrices. This is of direct practical relevance for risk management in portfolio optimization. In this contribution, we discuss in detail the power mapping, a new shrinkage method. We show that the relevant parameter is, to a certain extent, self-determined. Due to the "chirality" and the normalization of the correlation matrix, the optimal shrinkage parameter is fixed. We apply the power mapping and the well-known filtering method, to market data and compare them by optimizing stock portfolios. We address the rle of constraints by excluding short selling in the optimization. (Less)
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Stock portfolios, Shrinkage method, Financial correlation matrices, Financial time series
host publication
Acta Physica Polonica, Series B
volume
36
issue
9
pages
2611 - 2619
publisher
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
conference name
Conference on Applications of Random Matrices to Economy and Other Complex Systems
conference location
Cracow, Poland
conference dates
2005-05-25 - 2005-05-28
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  • scopus:33644966129
ISSN
0587-4254
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English
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yes
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  author       = {{Andersson, Per-Johan and Öberg, Andreas and Guhr, Thomas}},
  booktitle    = {{Acta Physica Polonica, Series B}},
  issn         = {{0587-4254}},
  keywords     = {{Stock portfolios; Shrinkage method; Financial correlation matrices; Financial time series}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{2611--2619}},
  publisher    = {{Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland}},
  title        = {{Power mapping and noise reduction for financial correlations}},
  url          = {{http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/acta/vol36/pdf/v36p2611.pdf}},
  volume       = {{36}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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