Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Real-time means now, and don't you forget it

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 01:46 AM PST

I just had a dialogue that was disquieting.  I can’t say with whom, but the dialogue was about the impact of real-time on the world of regulation.read more...

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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: On Insurance Investing, Part 3

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:31 PM PST

Subtitle: The Value of Momentum and Mean-Reversionread more...

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: Low Vol Football Betting

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 06:45 PM PST

Analytic Investors has now taken "low volatility" investing to the next level: football (see here, click on NFL Analytic Alphas). That is, real football, with hands, not that sport they show on TV all the time in Europe. Anyway, they find 'low volatility actually helps one bet: Contrary to the zeitgeist, the anomaly attests that higher risk doesn̢۪t necessarily imply higher return. In fact,...

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Published / Preprint: Option pricing with market impact and non-linear Black and Scholes pde's. (arXiv:1301.6252v1 [q-fin.PR])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We propose a few variations around a simple model in order to take into account the market impact of the option seller when hedging an option. This "retro-action" mechanism turns the linear Black and Scholes PDE into a non-linear one. This model allows also to retrieve some earlier results of \cite{CheriSonTouz}. Numerical simulations are then performed.

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Published / Preprint: On Possible Influence of Space Weather on Agricultural Markets: Necessary Conditions and Probable Scenarios. (arXiv:1301.6334v1 [physics.ao-ph])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We present the results of study of a possible relationship between the space weather and terrestrial markets of agricultural products. It is shown that to implement the possible effect of space weather on the terrestrial harvests and prices, a simultaneous fulfillment of three conditions is required: 1) sensitivity of local weather (cloud cover, atmospheric circulation) to the state of space...

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Published / Preprint: A primer on reflexivity and price dynamics under systemic risk. (arXiv:1301.6415v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

A simple quantitative example of a reflexive feedback process and the resulting price dynamics after an exogenous price shock to a financial network is presented. Furthermore, an outline of a theory that connects financial reflexivity, which stems from cross-ownership and delayed or incomplete information, and no-arbitrage pricing theory under systemic risk is provided.

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Published / Preprint: Stock Price Fluctuations in an Agent-Based Model with Market Liquidity. (arXiv:1301.6468v1 [math.PR])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We study an agent-based stock market model with heterogeneous agents and friction. Our model is based on that of Foellmer-Schweizer(1993): The process of a stock price in a discrete-time framework is determined by temporary equilibria via agents' excess demand functions, and the diffusion approximation approach is applied to characterize the continuous-time limit (as transaction intervals...

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Published / Preprint: Optimal Execution for Uncertain Market Impact: Derivation and Characterization of a Continuous-Time Value Function. (arXiv:1301.6485v1 [q-fin.TR])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

In this paper, we study an optimal execution problem in the case of uncertainty in market impact to derive a more realistic market model. Our model is a generalized version of that in Kato(2009), where a model of optimal execution with deterministic market impact was formulated. First, we construct a discrete-time model as a value function of an optimal execution problem. We express the market...

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Published / Preprint: Dynamic structural and topological phase transitions on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: A phenomenological approach. (arXiv:1301.6506v1 [q-fin.ST])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We study the crash dynamics of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) by using the Minimal Spanning Tree (MST) networks. We find the transition of the complex network during its evolution from a (hierarchical) power law MST network, representing the stable state of WSE before the recent worldwide financial crash, to a superstar-like (or superhub) MST network of the market decorated by a hierarchy of...

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Published / Preprint: Ab initio analysis of all income society classes in the European Union. (arXiv:1301.6519v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We found a unified formula for description of the household incomes of all society classes, for instance, of those of the European Union in year 2007. This formula is a stationary solution of the threshold Fokker-Planck equation (derived from the threshold nonlinear Langevin one). The formula is more general than the well known that of Yakovenko et al. because it satisfactorily describes not only...

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Published / Preprint: On the relation between forecast precision and trading profitability of financial analysts. (arXiv:1301.6638v1 [q-fin.TR])

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:35 PM PST

We analyze the relation between earning forecast accuracy and expected profitability of financial analysts. Modeling forecast errors with a multivariate Gaussian distribution, a complete characterization of the payoff of each analyst is provided. In particular, closed-form expressions for the probability density function, for the expectation, and, more generally, for moments of all orders are...

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Blog Post: iMFdirect: Latvia's Economic Potential: Recovery and Reforms

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:45 AM PST

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Published / Preprint: Credit Market Competition and Liquidity Crises (CEPR DP9311)

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:29 AM PST

Credit Market Competition and Liquidity Crises Author(s): Elena Carletti, Agnese Leonello CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9311 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 27/01/2013 Keyword(s): default, Interbank market, price volatility JEL(s): G01, G21 Abstract: We develop a model where...

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Published / Preprint: Understanding Financial Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses (CEPR DP9310)

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:29 AM PST

Understanding Financial Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses Author(s): Stijn Claessens, Ayhan Kose, Luc Laeven, Fabian Valencia CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9310 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 27/01/2013 Keyword(s): asset price busts, banking crises, credit busts,...

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