Tuesday, August 27, 2013

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Published / Preprint: Energy, entropy, and arbitrage. (arXiv:1308.5376v1 [q-fin.PM])

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 05:33 PM PDT

We introduce a framework to analyze the relative performance of a portfolio with respect to a benchmark market index. We show that this relative performance has three components: a term that can be interpreted as energy coming from the market fluctuations, a relative entropy term that measures "distance" between the portfolio holdings and the market capital distribution, and another entropy term...

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Published / Preprint: Following a Trend with an Exponential Moving Average: Analytical Results for a Gaussian Model. (arXiv:1308.5658v1 [q-fin.ST])

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 05:33 PM PDT

We investigate how price variations of a stock are transformed into profits and losses (P&Ls) of a trend following strategy. In the frame of a Gaussian model, we derive the probability distribution of P&Ls and analyze its moments (mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis) and asymptotic behavior (quantiles). We show that the asymmetry of the distribution (with often small losses and...

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Published / Preprint: 26Aug/Macroeconomic impact assessment of OTC derivatives regulatory reforms report issued by the Macroeconomic Assessment Group on Derivatives (MAGD)

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:08 AM PDT

Press release about the "Macroeconomic impact assessment of OTC derivatives regulatory reforms" report published by the Macroeconomic Assessment Group on Derivatives (MAGD) (BIS Press Release 26 August 2013)

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: AQR's Quality at a Reasonable Price

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 09:08 PM PDT

Our intrepid equity researchers at AQR have come out with a new paper adding to the color on how to pick a strategy given value considerations.  In Asness, Frazzini and Pedersen's latest paper, Quality Minus Junk, they first try to create a 'quality' metric, and then try to meld it with value. Quality is defined very clearly as the composite of 4 factors (each of which is made up of 3-5...

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