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An interest rates cluster analysis

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v1 Other Condensed Matter Statistical Finance

Abstract

An empirical analysis of interest rates in money and capital markets is performed. We investigate a set of 34 different weekly interest rate time series during a time period of 16 years between 1982 and 1997. Our study is focused on the collective behavior of the stochastic fluctuations of these time-series which is investigated by using a clustering linkage procedure. Without any a priori assumption, we individuate a meaningful separation in 6 main clusters organized in a hierarchical structure.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0401443,
  title  = {An interest rates cluster analysis},
  author = {T. Di Matteo and T. Aste and R. N. Mantegna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0401443},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures