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Daily Abnormal Return [closed]
I have a portfolio like this,
Date / Ticker / Return of stock / Return of market/
1/1/11 AAPL -0.001 -.011
1/1/11 DELL -0.013 -.011
1/1/11 IBM ...
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Usage of Random forests in Quantitative analysis of stocks
I have a question about Random forests and how they could be utilized in trading?
I heard Random forests are used for classification, is that accurate? If so, could someone give an example of what ...
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Detrending price data for analysis of signal returns
I'm looking to conduct hypothesis tests on some of my trading signals to see if the signal returns are statistically significant enough to falsify my null hypothesis that the signal has no predictive ...
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Running a simple alpha estimation test for statistical significance of a signal
I'm looking for some direction on testing whether a simple entry signal has statistical significance.
Let's say this is my simple entry signal:
Buy when some indicator has a positive slope and is ...
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Is it more accurate to analyze returns on a calendar day basis than a trading day basis?
I'm rather new to the actual practice of this kind of analysis, but it just seems wrong to me to throw Mondays' returns in with the rest without accounting for the passage of time on the weekend when ...
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How reliable is Benford's Law in forecasting crises?
I was recently reading an article about how financial accounting has increasingly deviated from the ratios expected by Benford's Law. (Benford's Law and Decreasing Reliability).
The author discusses ...
