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Clustering financial time series to generate a new method of factor neutralization: An empirical study

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  • Yudong Chen

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China)

  • Renzhe Xu

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China)

  • Jiawei Wang

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China)

  • Hao Yang

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China)

  • Xiong Wang

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, P. R. China)

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of clustering the long financial time series of the Chinese A-share market, applying k-means, k-Shape, agglomerative hierarchical clustering, affinity propagation, and Gaussian mixture to redivide the Chinese stock market. The results after parameter tuning show that the stocks in redivided industries are more similar than those of Shenwan first-class industry. Then we generate a new method of factor neutralization, using the new industries to neutralize factors, and then constructing the investment portfolios to test the four basic factors. The experimental results show that the investment portfolio based on k-means can steadily defeat the benchmark and the portfolio based on classical industry classification. This new method of factor neutralization can bring a stable and effective improvement to the returns of the factors and it is allowed be applied to other factors, which has a significant impact on factor investing.

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  • Yudong Chen & Renzhe Xu & Jiawei Wang & Hao Yang & Xiong Wang, 2021. "Clustering financial time series to generate a new method of factor neutralization: An empirical study," International Journal of Financial Engineering (IJFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(02), pages 1-24, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijfexx:v:08:y:2021:i:02:n:s242478632141005x
    DOI: 10.1142/S242478632141005X
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