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Application Of Random Matrix Theory To Study Cross-Correlations Of Stock Prices

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  • BERND ROSENOW

    (Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • VASILIKI PLEROU

    (Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • PARAMESWARAN GOPIKRISHNAN

    (Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • LUÍS A. NUNES AMARAL

    (Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • H. EUGENE STANLEY

    (Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

Abstract

We address the question of how to precisely identify correlated behavior between different firms in the economy by applying methods of random matrix theory (RMT). Specifically, we use methods of random matrix theory to analyze the cross-correlation matrix$\bf {\mathsf C}$of price changes of the largest 1000 US stocks for the 2-year period 1994–1995. We find that the statistics of most of the eigenvalues in the spectrum of$\bf {\mathsf C}$agree with the predictions of random matrix theory, but there are deviations for a few of the largest eigenvalues. To prove that the rest of the eigenvalues are genuinely random, we test for universal properties such as eigenvalue spacings and eigenvalue correlations. We demonstrate that$\bf {\mathsf C}$shares universal properties with the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble of random matrices. In addition, we quantify the number of significant participants, that is companies, of the eigenvectors using the inverse participation ratio, and find eigenvectors with large inverse participation ratios at both edges of the eigenvalue spectrum — a situation reminiscent of results in localization theory.

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  • Bernd Rosenow & Vasiliki Plerou & Parameswaran Gopikrishnan & Luís A. Nunes Amaral & H. Eugene Stanley, 2000. "Application Of Random Matrix Theory To Study Cross-Correlations Of Stock Prices," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(03), pages 399-403.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijtafx:v:03:y:2000:i:03:n:s0219024900000267
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219024900000267
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    1. Cai, Yumei & Cui, Xiaomei & Huang, Qianyun & Sun, Jianqiang, 2017. "Hierarchy, cluster, and time-stable information structure of correlations between international financial markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 562-573.
    2. Juan Pineiro-Chousa & Marcos Vizcaíno-González & Jérôme Caby, 2016. "Analysing voting behaviour in the United States banking sector through eigenvalue decomposition," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(12), pages 840-843, August.
    3. Nguyen, Q. & Nguyen, N.K.K., 2019. "Composition of the first principal component of a stock index — A comparison between SP500 and VNIndex," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 536(C).

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