Housing price diffusion study offers lessons for quants – Bouchaud
Patterns seen in how heat spreads also show up in markets, research shows
What do housing price changes and heat hold in common? Both tend to spread across space and time in a similar manner, according to new research from Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, head of $16 billion quantitative hedge fund Capital Fund Management (CFM).
The links with hedge fund investing might seem tenuous. But Bouchaud says the research offers valuable lessons about how markets truly function that
Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.
To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe
You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.
You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (point 2.4), printing is limited to a single copy.
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
You may share this content using our article tools. As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (clause 2.4), an Authorised User may only make one copy of the materials for their own personal use. You must also comply with the restrictions in clause 2.5.
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net
More on Investing
Iran confusion makes the case for causal modelling
A new test model built using Claude suggests oil prices may surge back above $100
The MIT professor giving LLMs a ‘brain scan’
Hui Chen’s research is yielding new ways to interpret – and steer – AI models
Russell’s flexi hedging aims to tame jumpy yen
Japanese clients can dynamically switch hedging profile based on USD/JPY movements
Credit market maths seems not to add up
Today’s investors would appear to be better off buying ‘riskier’ debt
How the Iran war wreaked havoc on consensus US rates trades
Hedge fund steepeners, swap spreads and vol-selling strategies were hit as conflict forced stop-outs during March
Vida portfolio solutions on J.P. Morgan Markets
J.P. Morgan’s Vida portfolio solutions are being applied across financing and portfolio management, reflecting a shift towards more scalable, integrated investment infrastructure
Iran selloff wipes out dispersion profits
Popular indexes down 5% in March, despite low realised correlation; some short bets see gains
From pink tickets to Python: Toby Baker on 40 years in FX
T Rowe Price’s departing FX head reflects on the pain points and keys to success for a modern buy-side trading desk
