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[pt] A paridade do poder de compra da moeda (“PPP”), uma das teorias mais discutidas no meio acadêmico, sustenta que a taxa de câmbio nominal entre duas moedas deve ser igual à relação dos níveis de preços agregados entre os dois países, de modo que uma unidade de moeda de um país terá o mesmo poder de compra em um país estrangeiro. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar a validade da teoria de PPP e a inovação que trazemos para a literatura é a aplicação desta teoria para o desenvolvimento de uma estratégia quantitativa de compra/venda de pares de moedas utilizando as séries diárias de preços calculadas pela PriceStats. Os resultados encontrados aqui sugerem que, apesar de identificarmos uma relação entre o diferencial de inflação e movimentos da taxa de câmbio nominal nas séries do PriceStats, observamos um desempenho quantitativo pior das nossas estratégias de investimento em moedas baseadas no modelo de Paridade do Poder de Compra da Moeda (PPP) vis à vis outros modelos padrão dentro da literatura financeira. Por outro lado, para pares específicos de moedas, encontramos números interessantes quando baseamos nossa estratégia nos modelos de PPP, observando Hit Ratio superior a 50% e retorno acumulado positivo da estratégia. / [en] The Purchasing power parity (PPP), one of the most consolidated theories in academia, holds that the nominal exchange rate between two currencies must be equal to the ratio of aggregate price levels between the two countries, so that a currency unit of one country will have the same purchasing power in a foreign country. The objective of this work is to investigate the validity of the PPP theory and the innovation that we bring to the literature is using this theory to the develop a quantitative strategy to buy/sell currency pairs using the daily price series calculated by PriceStats. The results found here suggest that, despite identifying a relationship between the inflation differential and nominal exchange rate movements in the Price Stats series, we observe a worse quantitative performance of our currency investment strategies based on the Power Parity model of Purchase vis a vis the standard models within the financial literature. On the other hand, for specific currency pairs, we found interesting numbers when we based our strategy on PPP models, observing a Hit Ratio above 50% and a positive cumulative return of the strategy, results very similar to those found for the reference models already mentioned within the financial literature.

This dissertation is concerned with the relationship between accounting earnings and stock prices. It consists of three empirical papers, all using a sample of firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (1990-2008). The first paper documents the existence of a drift in stock prices subsequent to quarterly earnings announcements. Two interesting empirical observations are that the drift is only significant for longer holding periods and that the drift on the short position, i.e. after bad earnings news, is negligible. The lack of downward drift on the short position is interpreted as an indication of the post-earnings announcement drift, at least partly, being explained by investors demanding a compensation for a risk factor that is omitted in the test design. The second paper illustrates under what conditions information risk in the earnings signal might explain a low announcement reaction and a price drift in the post-announcement period. It is hypothesized that two earnings signals – based either on GAAP earnings or core earnings – have different levels of information uncertainty with respect to how they depict the value creation of the firm. In the empirical sections, it is concluded that the low immediate announcement reaction and high post-announcement drift for the GAAP earnings signal is due to this signal being perceived by investors as containing more uncertainty than the core earnings signal. It is argued that this uncertainty might be due to GAAP earnings encompassing items that prior research has shown more likely to be manipulated and/or to contain estimation error. The positive association between information risk and expected return is further investigated in the third paper, where information risk is measured by earnings quality metrics. Using a new approach to estimate the implied cost of capital, it is found that Swedish investors demand a higher expected return for firms with poor earnings quality, i.e. firms associated with higher information risk. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, 2011

Conic finance is a brand new quantitative finance theory. The thesis is on the applications of conic finance on South African Financial Markets. Conic finance gives a new perspective on the way people should perceive financial markets. Particularly in incomplete markets, where there are non-unique prices and the residual risk is rampant, conic finance plays a crucial role in providing prices that are acceptable at a stress level. The theory assumes that price depends on the direction of trade and there are two prices, one for buying from the market called the ask price and one for selling to the market called the bid price. The bid-ask spread reects the substantial cost of the unhedgeable risk that is present in the market. The hypothesis being considered in this thesis is whether conic finance can reduce the residual risk? Conic finance models bid-ask prices of cashows by applying the theory of acceptability indices to cashows. The theory of acceptability combines elements of arbitrage pricing theory and expected utility theory. Combining the two theories, set of arbitrage opportunities are extended to the set of all opportunities that a wide range of market participants are prepared to accept. The preferences of the market participants are captured by utility functions. The utility functions lead to the concepts of acceptance sets and the associated coherent risk measures. The acceptance sets (market preferences) are modeled using sets of probability measures. The set accepted by all market participants is the intersection of all the sets, which is convex. The size of this set is characterized by an index of acceptabilty. This index of acceptability allows one to speak of cashows acceptable at a level, known as the stress level. The relevant set of probability measures that can value the cashows properly is found through the use of distortion functions. In the first chapter, we introduce the theory of conic finance and build a foundation that leads to the problem and objectives of the thesis. In chapter two, we build on the foundation built in the previous chapter, and we explain in depth the theory of acceptability indices and coherent risk measures. A brief discussion on coherent risk measures is done here since the theory of acceptability indices builds on coherent risk measures. It is also in this chapter, that some new acceptability indices are introduced. In chapter three, focus is shifted to mathematical tools for financial applications. The chapter can be seen as a prerequisite as it bridges the gap from mathematical tools in complete markets to incomplete markets, which is the market that conic finance theory is trying to exploit. As the chapter ends, models used for continuous time modeling and simulations of stochastic processes are presented. In chapter four, the attention is focussed on the numerical methods that are relevant to the thesis. Details on obtaining parameters using the maximum likelihood method and calibrating the parameters to market prices are presented. Next, option pricing by Fourier transform methods is detailed. Finally a discussion on the bid-ask formulas relevant to the thesis is done. Most of the numerical implementations were carried out in Matlab. Chapter five gives an introduction to the world of option trading strategies. Some illustrations are used to try and explain the option trading strategies. Explanations of the possible scenarios at the expiration date for the different option strategies are also included. Chapter six is the appex of the thesis, where results from possible real market scenarios are presented and discussed. Only numerical results were reported on in the thesis. Empirical experiments could not be done due to limitations of availabilty of real market data. The findings from the numerical experiments showed that the spreads from conic finance are reduced. This results in reduced residual risk and reduced low cost of entering into the trading strategies. The thesis ends with formal discussions of the findings in the thesis and some possible directions for further research in chapter seven. / Thesis (MSc (Risk Analysis))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Conic finance is a brand new quantitative finance theory. The thesis is on the applications of conic finance on South African Financial Markets. Conic finance gives a new perspective on the way people should perceive financial markets. Particularly in incomplete markets, where there are non-unique prices and the residual risk is rampant, conic finance plays a crucial role in providing prices that are acceptable at a stress level. The theory assumes that price depends on the direction of trade and there are two prices, one for buying from the market called the ask price and one for selling to the market called the bid price. The bid-ask spread reects the substantial cost of the unhedgeable risk that is present in the market. The hypothesis being considered in this thesis is whether conic finance can reduce the residual risk? Conic finance models bid-ask prices of cashows by applying the theory of acceptability indices to cashows. The theory of acceptability combines elements of arbitrage pricing theory and expected utility theory. Combining the two theories, set of arbitrage opportunities are extended to the set of all opportunities that a wide range of market participants are prepared to accept. The preferences of the market participants are captured by utility functions. The utility functions lead to the concepts of acceptance sets and the associated coherent risk measures. The acceptance sets (market preferences) are modeled using sets of probability measures. The set accepted by all market participants is the intersection of all the sets, which is convex. The size of this set is characterized by an index of acceptabilty. This index of acceptability allows one to speak of cashows acceptable at a level, known as the stress level. The relevant set of probability measures that can value the cashows properly is found through the use of distortion functions. In the first chapter, we introduce the theory of conic finance and build a foundation that leads to the problem and objectives of the thesis. In chapter two, we build on the foundation built in the previous chapter, and we explain in depth the theory of acceptability indices and coherent risk measures. A brief discussion on coherent risk measures is done here since the theory of acceptability indices builds on coherent risk measures. It is also in this chapter, that some new acceptability indices are introduced. In chapter three, focus is shifted to mathematical tools for financial applications. The chapter can be seen as a prerequisite as it bridges the gap from mathematical tools in complete markets to incomplete markets, which is the market that conic finance theory is trying to exploit. As the chapter ends, models used for continuous time modeling and simulations of stochastic processes are presented. In chapter four, the attention is focussed on the numerical methods that are relevant to the thesis. Details on obtaining parameters using the maximum likelihood method and calibrating the parameters to market prices are presented. Next, option pricing by Fourier transform methods is detailed. Finally a discussion on the bid-ask formulas relevant to the thesis is done. Most of the numerical implementations were carried out in Matlab. Chapter five gives an introduction to the world of option trading strategies. Some illustrations are used to try and explain the option trading strategies. Explanations of the possible scenarios at the expiration date for the different option strategies are also included. Chapter six is the appex of the thesis, where results from possible real market scenarios are presented and discussed. Only numerical results were reported on in the thesis. Empirical experiments could not be done due to limitations of availabilty of real market data. The findings from the numerical experiments showed that the spreads from conic finance are reduced. This results in reduced residual risk and reduced low cost of entering into the trading strategies. The thesis ends with formal discussions of the findings in the thesis and some possible directions for further research in chapter seven. / Thesis (MSc (Risk Analysis))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

This study aimed to analyze financial time series grounded on a perspective of time measure changing, based on accumulation of volatility of returns relative to the prices observed. Such a scale was used for two reasons: the first one is related to Ludwig Von Mises’ proposition of time concept in an economic system and the second one is related to the acceleration of convergence in Gaussian distribution of a sequence of random variables, according to Lévy sections theorem. By means of implementation of this new timeline, we designed a type of trading asset strategy which its resulting average returns and risk were compared to a strategy using daily time unit. Results suggested reflection about statistical and measurement procedures applied to the data. / O objetivo deste trabalho foi o de estudar séries temporais financeiras fundamentadas em uma perspectiva de alteração de medida de tempo, baseada no acúmulo de volatilidade dos retornos relativos aos preços observados. Esta escala foi utilizada por dois motivos: o primeiro está relacionado à proposta de Ludwig von Mises sobre a ideia de tempo em um sistema econômico e o segundo está associado à capacidade que tal medida tem de acelerar o processo de convergência de distribuição de uma sequência de variáveis aleatórias para a Gaussiana, de acordo com o teorema das seções de Lévy. Com base nesta nova escala temporal, foi elaborado um tipo de estratégia de negociação de ativos tendo seus retornos médios e risco sido avaliados em comparação com uma estratégia utilizando o tempo em unidades diárias. Os resultados obtidos motivaram a reflexão sobre as estatísticas utilizadas e os procedimentos para a mensuração de desempenho de cada estratégia.

Les marchés financiers évoluent plus ou moins rapidement et fortement au gré des différents types d’information diffusés au cours des périodes d’étude. Dans ce contexte, nous cherchons à mesurer l’influence de tous types d’information sur des portefeuilles d’arbitrage systématique « euro neutres » multi-classes d’actifs, issus soit d’une diversification « naïve » (« 1/N ») soit d’une diversification optimale. Dans le cadre de nos recherches sur l’allocation tactique systématique, ces divers flux informationnels sont regroupés sous le terme de données hétérogènes (données de cotation et « autres informations de marché »). Les données de cotation sont des prix de clôture quotidiens d’actifs tandis que les « autres informations de marché » correspondent à trois types d’indicateurs : de conjoncture, de sentiments et de volatilité. Nous mesurons l’impact d’une combinaison de données hétérogènes sur nos portefeuilles d’arbitrage pour une période de tests incluant la crise des subprimes, à l’aide d’analyses de données (ACP) et de techniques probabilistes de quantification vectorielle. L’influence des données hétérogènes sur les portefeuilles d’arbitrage est mesurée notamment au travers d’une hausse de la rentabilité, d’un accroissement du ratio rentabilité/volatilité post crise des subprimes, d’une baisse de la volatilité ou d’une baisse des corrélations entre classes d’actifs. Ces découvertes empiriques permettent d’envisager la prise en compte des « autres informations de marché » comme élément de diversification du risque d’un portefeuille. Nous formalisons des éléments de réponse au défi posé par l’allocation tactique multi-classes d’actifs (Blitz et Vliet, 2008), en intégrant des variables « prédictives » à un processus systématique de market timing qui incorpore de manière quantitative des données hétérogènes. / Financial markets evolve more or less rapidly and strongly to all kind of information depending on time period of study. In this context, we intend to measure a broad set of information influence on systematic multi-assets classes “euro neutral” arbitrage portfolios either for “naive” diversification and optimal diversification. Our research focuses on systematic tactical asset allocation and we group these information under the name of heterogeneous data (market data and “other market information”). Market data are “end of day” asset closing prices and “other market information” gather economic cycle, sentiment and volatility indicators. We assess the influence of a heterogeneous data combination on our arbitrage portfolios for a time period including the subprimes crisis period and thanks to data analysis and quantization algorithms. The impact of a heterogeneous data combination on our arbitrage portfolio is materialized by increasing return, increasing return/volatility ratio for the post subprimes crisis period, decreasing volatility and asset class correlations. These empirical findings suggest that “other market information” presence could be an element of arbitrage portfolio risk diversification. Furthermore, we investigate and bring empirical results to Blitz and Vliet (2008) issue on global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) by considering “predictive” variables with a systematic market timing process integrating heterogeneous data thanks to a quantitative data processing.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze and implement selected option pricing models using statistical software. The first chapter introduces theoretical basics of options as financial instruments ideal for hedging and speculation. The second chapter constitutes the core part of this thesis since it unveils theoretical concepts of risk-neutral pricing and at the same time analyze some basic, as well as highly sophisticated option pricing models. In addition, each model is accompanied by a practical example of their effective implementation. The final chapter characterize the most widely used option trading strategies and defines the ideal expected market development linked to each strategy.

This thesis is dedicated to the application of machine learning methods to algorithmic trading. We take inspiration from intraday traders and implement a system that predicts future price based on candlestick patterns and technical indicators. Using forex and US stocks tick data we create multiple aggregated bar representations. From these bars we construct original features based on candlestick pattern clustering by K-Means and long-term features derived from standard technical indicators. We then setup regression and classification tasks for Extreme Gradient Boosting models. From their predictions we extract buy and sell trading signals. We perform experiments with eight different configurations over multiple assets and trading strategies using walk-forward validation. The results report Sharpe ratios and mean profits of all the combinations. We discuss the results and recommend suitable configurations. In overall our strategies outperform randomly selected strategies. Furthermore, we provide and discuss multiple opportunities for further research.

This report explores the impacts of variable renewable energy (VRE) on power trading in the European wholesale electricity market. The intricate operation of a typical power exchange in Europe is accompanied by an equally complex balancing system. The increasing amount of VRE in the power system, such as wind and solar power, has far-reaching impacts for power traders in both this electricity market and the corresponding balancing system. As a result, the electricity market is evolving in unprecedented ways and new participants are entering the playing field to capitalize on the changing dynamics caused by VRE generators. One novel participant, the virtual power plant (VPP), possesses an advantage over other market participants by aggregating VRE generators with controllable renewable energy generators, like biogas and hydro plants, into one entity. This allows the VPP to both gain access to live VRE production data that larger plants don’t have, which it then utilizes to remotely dispatch various subpools of assets, and to provide balancing services to the grid. Subsequently, VPPs are able to trade VRE and other renewable electricity superiorly on the same spot markets and balancing systems as large central power plants and industrial consumers. The report asserts that VPP traders can earn profits through means of innovative trading strategies that exploit predictable market impacts caused by VRE power through a robust understanding of the electricity market and their unique access to data. / Denna rapport undersöker effekterna av variabel förnybar energi (VRE) på krafthandeln på den europeiska elhandelsmarknaden för stora aktörer. Den komplicerade driften av ett typiskt kraftutbyte i Europa åtföljs av ett lika komplicerat balanseringssystem. Den ökande mängden VRE i kraftsystemet, såsom vind- och solkraft, har långtgående effekter för krafthandlare på både denna elmarknad och motsvarande balanseringssystem. Som ett resultat utvecklas elmarknaden på enastående sätt och nya deltagare kommer in på spelplanen för att dra nytta av den förändrade dynamiken som orsakas av VRE-generatorer. En ny spelare, det virtuella kraftverket (VPP), har en fördel jämfört med andra marknadsaktörer genom att samla VRE-generatorer med styrbara förnybara energiproducenter, som biogas och vattenkraftverk, till en enhet. Detta gör att VPP både kan få tillgång till live VRE-produktionsdata som större anläggningar inte har, som den sedan använder för att distribuera olika underpooler av tillgångar och för att tillhandahålla balanstjänster till nätet. Därefter kan VPP: er handla med VRE och annan förnybar el på ett överlägset sätt på samma spotmarknader och balanseringssystem som stora centrala kraftverk och industrikonsumenter. Rapporten visar att VPP-handlare kan göra vinster genom innovativa handelsstrategier som utnyttjar förutsägbara marknadseffekter orsakade av VRE-kraft genom en detaljerad förståelse för elmarknaden och unik tillgång till data för produktionen av förnybar energi / <p>QC 20201118</p>