Robust Stock Index Return Predictions Using Deep Learning

Hi! Here's Iván with this week's exciting newsletter, brimming with insights and discoveries on building robust investment strategies and risk models using Machine Learning.

In this edition, I am presenting the following sections:

• 🕹️ AI-Finance Insights: I summarize two must-read academic papers that mix cutting-edge ML/DL with Asset Pricing & Quant Finance:

  • Robust Stock Index Return Predictions Using Deep Learning

  • Clustering-Based Cardinality-Constrained Portfolio Optimizations

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• 🥐 Asset Pricing Insights: In this edition, I introduce a nice paper that explores a new approach to valuing stocks using Street Earnings, offering a more reliable method for predicting stock returns, especially when traditional metrics fall short.

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“Robust Stock Index Return Predictions Using Deep Learning”

Discover how ML can improve short-term return predictions with a focus on stability. Keep reading! 🔻

The paper introduces a new strategy for stock index forecasting that leverages ML, particularly for short-horizon predictions, addressing common issues of prediction instability.

The main contributions and findings are as follows:

👉 Conditional Machine Learning (CML): This innovative approach moves beyond traditional long-term models, utilizing rich cross-sectional data to predict short-horizon returns, ensuring stability even in the face of changing market dynamics.

👉 Forecast Uncertainty Explained: The authors provide a detailed framework for understanding forecast errors, incorporating the novel "Creative Destruction Index (CDI)" to explain how economic shifts impact prediction accuracy over time.

👉 Robust Forecasting with Neural Networks: By training neural networks period-by-period and using cross-sectional data, this method delivers more reliable predictions without requiring long time series, making it highly adaptable to volatile markets.

👉 Improved Performance Metrics: Extensive empirical analysis shows this approach outperforms traditional models, enhancing forecast accuracy and delivering stronger performance, particularly in out-of-sample predictions.

👉 Practical for Short-Term Investments: This deep learning-based framework provides a robust solution for investors seeking to make informed decisions in fast-moving markets, offering a better balance between risk and return.

“Clustering-Based Cardinality-Constrained Portfolio Optimizations”

How to manage large pools of assets while balancing risk-return through clustering.

Keep reading! 🔻

The paper presents a strategy for portfolio management that optimizes performance by combining cardinality constraints with clustering methods.

The main contributions and findings are as follows:

👉 By leveraging spectral clustering to group assets based on their return correlations, this approach reduces dimensionality and streamlines the asset selection process. This method ensures a more manageable and efficient optimization process while adhering to real-world constraints.

👉 The clustering-based approach demonstrates that portfolios can maintain near-optimal performance levels even under significant cardinality constraints, achieving returns comparable to those of unconstrained portfolios.

👉 Extensive empirical analysis shows that this method outperforms traditional strategies, particularly in out-of-sample performance. The proposed framework consistently improves key metrics such as the Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, and Information Ratio.

👉 The approach is especially beneficial for large-scale portfolio management, offering a sophisticated yet practical solution that enhances portfolio diversification and risk management by focusing on the most promising assets within each cluster.

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Asset Pricing Insights

“Valuing Stocks With Earnings”

📢 How Street Earnings can enhance stock return predictions and solve the excess volatility puzzle....Keep reading!🔻

The paper introduces an innovative approach to valuing stocks by using Street Earnings, offering a more accurate way to predict stock returns, especially when traditional metrics fail.

The main contributions and findings are as follows:

👉 Unlike volatile GAAP earnings, Street earnings exclude one-off items, giving a clearer, more stable measure of company fundamentals and stock price movements.

👉 The authors demonstrate how using the Street Price-to-Earnings (Street PE) ratio resolves discrepancies in stock price movements, which GAAP earnings couldn't explain.

👉 Street PE provides superior in-sample and out-of-sample predictive power for stock returns, outperforming traditional valuation ratios like the GAAP PE and CAPE ratios.

👉 Whether you're looking at short-term growth, long-term earnings, or return expectations, this framework bridges the gap, explaining what truly drives stock price volatility.

👉 This new valuation model empowers investors by delivering more reliable predictions, offering clearer insights for those navigating uncertain, fast-moving markets.

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