Asymmetric response and interaction of U.S. and local news in financial markets

This paper examines the extent to which financial returns on market indices exhibit mean and volatility asymmetries, as a response to past information from both the U.S. market and the local market itself. In particular, we wish to assess the asymmetric effect of a combination of local and U.S. market news on volatility. To the best of the authors knowledge, this joint effect has not been considered previously. We propose a double threshold non‐linear heteroscedastic model, combined with a GJR‐GARCH effect in the conditional volatility equation, to capture jointly both mean and volatility asymmetric behaviours and the interactive effect of U.S. and local market news. In an application to five major international market indices, clear evidence of threshold non‐linearity is discovered, supporting the hypothesis of an uneven mean‐reverting pattern and volatility asymmetry, both in reaction to U.S. market news and news from the local market itself. Significant, but somewhat different, interactive effects between local and U.S. news are observed in all markets. An asymmetric pattern in the exogenous relationship between the local market and the U.S. market is also found. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

中国股市价格-交易量动态因果关系研究

研究了中国股票市场交易量是否含有预测未来收益变动的有价值信息 .实证结果表明 :交易量和收益序列存在即期的正相关关系 ;过去交易量包含未来绝对收益变动的有价值信息 ;中国股票市场交易量和收益序列存在双向的线性因果关系 ,交易量不仅传递价格绝对变动量的信息 ,而且在很大程度上还传递价格变动方向的信息 .     

沪深股市回报率、波动率和交易量关系的实证研究

本文首先对回报率与交易量之间的关系进行了研究,发现并不存在非对称的数量关系,但存在双向的葛兰杰因果关系;同时将交易量对波动率的解释能力进行了研究,发现在沪市交易量对波动率具有解释力,而在深市交易量对波动率没有解释力。     

基于MCMC算法的人民币汇率市场的分析——双门限非对称GARCH模型的应用

本文旨在考察,汇改后美元/人民币汇率前期收益的影响下,人民币汇率市场上非美元/人民币汇率收益均值和波动不对称的程度。为了捕捉非美元汇率收益的均值和波动不对称的特点,我们设定双门限非线性的GARCH模型,结合GJR效应(即加入非美元收益利空或利好消息的影响),利用基于MCMC算法的贝叶斯推断来完成。应用中我们选取了美元(欧元、日元、港元)/人民币日汇率数据进行分析,发现了门限非线性的结果,表明在美元和非美元汇率本身双重变化的影响下,非美元汇率收益的均值和波动同时表现出非对称的特点。并且在美元收益利好消息的影响下,美元汇率对非美元汇率的溢出效应明显增强,非美元表现出低均值回归的特点。     

Bayesian modeling and forecasting of Value‐at‐Risk via threshold realized volatility

This study proposes a threshold realized generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (GARCH) model that jointly models daily returns and realized volatility, thereby taking into account the bias and asymmetry of realized volatility. We incorporate this threshold realized GARCH model with skew Student‐t innovations as the observation equation, view this model as a sharp transition model, and treat the realized volatility as a proxy for volatility under this nonlinear structure. Through the Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo method, the model can jointly estimate the parameters in the return equation, the volatility equation, and the measurement equation. As an illustration, we conduct a simulation study and apply the proposed method to the US and Japan stock markets. Based on quantile forecasting and volatility estimation, we find that the threshold heteroskedastic framework with realized volatility successfully models the asymmetric dynamic structure. We also investigate the predictive ability of volatility by comparing the proposed model with the traditional GARCH model as well as some popular asymmetric GARCH and realized GARCH models. This threshold realized GARCH model with skew Student‐t innovations outperforms the competing risk models in out‐of‐sample volatility and Value‐at‐Risk forecasting.     

中国股票市场交易量与价格波动关系实证研究

利用个股数据资料和非对称成分GARCH-M模型对中国股票市场的量价关系进行了实证研究.结论显示:股价的短期波动主要由非预期交易量解释,即非预期交易量所揭示的新信息是产生价格波动的根源;中国股票市场部分个股存在明显的杠杆效应,利空消息对市场波动的冲击大于同等程度的利好消息对市场波动的冲击;非预期交易行为对市场波动的冲击存在显著的非对称特征,正的交易量冲击(交易量放量冲击)比同等程度的负交易量冲击(交易量缩量冲击)对市场波动的影响更大.     

中国股市收益率与异质波动性关系研究

本文研究了中国股票市场的异质波动性问题。主要从异质波动性的识别与分布,异质波动性与股票收益率之间的关系,以及异质波动性是否被充分定价等三方面进行探讨。研究的目的在于分析股票异质波动性问题在中国股票市场中的特殊地位,这其中也包括异质波动性对股票收益影响问题。结合中国股票市场的数据,采用广义矩估计(GMM)的数量方法,显著地得到了中国股票市场中异质波动性水平,并以此分析了异质波动性与股票收益之间的关系,证明股票异质波动性水平是投资者进行决策时需要考虑的重要因素之一。     

投资者过度反应与牛熊市波动非对称性

论文针对沪深股市牛熊市中所呈现出的波动非对称性的差异,从牛熊市中投资者对信息反应的差异角度予以解释。论文以非预期交易量变化率作为投资者对信息冲击反应的代理变量,研究显示投资者在牛市行情中的过度反应,是造成沪深股市牛市行情波动正向非对称性的重要原因。与此同时论文通过对比美国、香港和沪深股市上牛熊市波动非对称性差异,进一步验证沪深市场上不完善的市场机制加剧了投资者在牛市行情中的过度反应,进而导致牛市行情中的波动正向非对称性。     

股票回报率与汇率的关系——基于中国的实证

考察了上海股票市场A股的回报率与人民币汇率的关系．首先,经过单位根检验发现：股票回报率与人民币名义汇率是一阶单整。接着,利用Engle—Granger协整检验得到：在5％的显著性水平下,股票回报率与人民汇率没有长期均衡关系,但不能够拒绝短期单方向的Granger因果关系,即人民币名义汇率是股票回报率的Granger原因．     

CDS volatility: the key signal of credit quality

This paper investigates the role of CDS volatility in providing information concerning the credit quality of a company. In Castellano and D’Ecclesia (J. Financ. Decis. Mak. 2:27, 2011) a first analysis of how CDS quotes respond to rating announcements is provided and it showed that market participants do not rely much on Rating Agencies, especially during periods characterized by very high volatility, i.e. during a financial crisis. Here, a more accurate analysis of the CDS’s ability to provide timely information on the creditworthiness of reference entities is performed, estimating the volatility of CDS quotes by using Exponential GARCH(1,1) models. The event study methodology is applied to a sample of CDS quotes for US and European markets, over the period 2004–2009. Results provide an accurate understanding of market behavior in the presence of news released by Rating Agencies. Overall, market participants seem to provide timely reactions around the event date and we show that the key element of signaling is represented by the changing volatility in CDS quotes, before and after the rating event.     

随机波动率模型下技术分析指标的一些性质(英文)

一些流行的技术指标(例如布林带,RSI,ROC等)被股市交易者广为使用.交易者将每日(小时,周,……)的实际股价作为计算某个技术指标的样本,通过观察相关频率来指导投资.技术指标的有效性已在广泛的应用中得到了验证.我们已经证明在Black-Scholes模型下,某些技术指标有许多有用的统计性质.作为更一般的情况,随机波动率模型在金融数学中得到了广泛的讨论.本文基于随机波动率模型对技术指标的统计性质进行了研究.研究结果表明,如果股票价格服从随机波动率模型,则技术指标的合理性可以得到有力的证明,从这个角度我们为技术分析奠定理论基础.     

金融系统的非线性分析:交易量对股价波动的非线性影响

如何研究股价波动和成交量之间的关系一直是金融系统研究中感兴趣的话题.Lamoureux 和 Lastrapes 认为选择日交易量度量每天流入市场的信息量是合理的,但他们假定交易量对波动率的影响是线性的.提出部分非线性GARCH模型分析交易量对股票市场波动率的影响,基于GARCH模型局部线性化非参数似然估计方法,对中国证券市场股票价格和交易量数据进行实证研究.结果表明,交易量对股价波动的影响具有显著的非线性性.     

基于因子分析法的金融高频已实现波动的预测

金融高频数据的已实现波动(RV)在风险管理中扮演着非常重要的角色,已有大量文献对如何预测资产的已实现波动进行了研究.采用因子分析法来预测RV,探讨了不可观测的金融序列的公共因子在预测已实现波动时所起的作用,并考虑了资产价格中跳跃的影响,建立了基于因子分析法的波动预测模型(F-RV-J).从损失函数、MCS检验和在险价值VaR的预测能力三个方面,将F-RV-J模型与其它常用的预测模型进行了比较,发现F-RV-J模型明显要优于其它波动预测模型.     

Mixed effect models for absolute log returns of ultra high frequency data

Considering absolute log returns as a proxy for stochastic volatility, the influence of explanatory variables on absolute log returns of ultra high frequency data is analysed. The irregular time structure and time dependency of the data is captured by utilizing a continuous time ARMA(p,q) process. In particular, we propose a mixed effect model class for the absolute log returns. Explanatory variable information is used to model the fixed effects, whereas the error is decomposed in a non‐negative Lévy driven continuous time ARMA(p,q) process and a market microstructure noise component. The parameters are estimated in a state space approach. In a small simulation study the performance of the estimators is investigated. We apply our model to IBM trade data and quantify the influence of bid‐ask spread and duration on a daily basis. To verify the correlation in irregularly spaced data we use the variogram, known from spatial statistics. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Estimating value at risk with semiparametric support vector quantile regression

Value at Risk (VaR) has been used as an important tool to measure the market risk under normal market. Usually the VaR of log returns is calculated by assuming a normal distribution. However, log returns are frequently found not normally distributed. This paper proposes the estimation approach of VaR using semiparametric support vector quantile regression (SSVQR) models which are functions of the one-step-ahead volatility forecast and the length of the holding period, and can be used regardless of the distribution. We find that the proposed models perform better overall than the variance-covariance and linear quantile regression approaches for return data on S&P 500, NIKEI 225 and KOSPI 200 indices.     

Is the predictability of emerging and developed stock markets really exploitable?

A number of recent papers have analyzed the degree of predictability of stock markets. In this paper, we firstly study whether this predictability is really exploitable and secondly, if the economic significance of predictability is higher or lower in the emerging stock markets than in the developed ones. We use a variety of linear and nonlinear – Artificial Neural Networks – models and perform a computationally demanding forecasting experiment to assess the predictability of returns. Since we are interested in comparing the predictability in economic terms we also propose a modification in the nets’ loss function for market trading purposes. In addition, we consider both explicit and implicit trading costs for emerging and developed stock markets. Our conclusions suggest that, in contrast to some previous studies, if we consider total trading costs both the emerging as well as the developed stock returns are clearly nonpredictable. Finally, we find that Artificial Neural Networks do not provide superior performance than the linear models.     

Seasonality and idiosyncratic risk in mutual fund performance

This paper examines the relationship between seasonality, idiosyncratic risk and mutual fund returns using multifactor models. We use a large sample containing the return histories of 728 UK mutual funds over a 23-year period to measure fund performance. We present evidence that idiosyncratic risk cannot be eliminated, we also find evidence of seasonality in all fund categories. Specifically, we find a close relation between the seasonality and the end of the tax-year. We document that the idiosyncratic risk puzzle cannot explain seasonality in fund performance in the UK. Although, we do find that idiosyncratic risk can account for the seasonality in the month of April. Thus, the results show a link between the tax-loss selling hypothesis in April and idiosyncratic risk in that month. Finally, we report evidence that idiosyncratic risk is negatively related to expected returns for most fund classes.     

随机波动模型的马尔可夫链—蒙特卡洛模拟方法——在沪市收益率序列上的应用

针对具有Markov区制转移的、波动均值状态相依的随机波动模型,基于贝叶斯分析,我们推导并给出了对区制转移随机波动模型的MCMC估计方法,其中对参数估计采用Gibbs抽样方法,对潜在对数波动和区制的状态变量估计采用"向前滤波、向后抽样"的多步移动方法;利用该模型,对我国上证综指周收益率进行了实证分析,发现对沪市波动性有较好的描述,捕捉了波动的时变性、聚类性和非线性特征,同时刻画了沪市的高低波动状态转换过程。     

Transaction activity and bitcoin realized volatility

We study the predictive value of transaction activity in the bitcoin network for the realized volatility of bitcoin returns constructed by high-frequency data. As an alternative modeling approach to the popular linear heterogeneous autoregressive model, we provide out-of-sample forecasts for realized volatility of bitcoin returns employing machine learning algorithms, and in particular by Random Forests. Our findings reveal that on-blockchain transaction activity does improve the out-of-sample forecast accuracy at all the forecast horizons considered.     

Run lengths and liquidity

We develop a market-wide illiquidity risk factor based on run lengths and find that it is priced using standard asset-pricing specifications. Our theoretical framework of equity returns derives the result that average run lengths of individual stocks proxy for illiquidity, and are related to common measures of liquidity such as trading volume and trade price-impact. This relationship holds irrespective of the sampling frequency in the computation of run lengths. Thus, liquidity can be quantified by examining a stock’s run length signature, providing a statistical mechanics link across illiquidity metrics. Tests using daily equity return data for all stocks over the period 1962–2005 find that run lengths are decreasing in turnover, and increasing with bid-ask spreads, and price-impact. Illiquidity is shown to be a risk factor/characteristic in explaining equity returns.