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Investment horizons : A time-dependent measure of asset performance

Physics and Society 2008-12-02 v1 Trading and Market Microstructure

Abstract

We review a resent {\em time-dependent} performance measure for economical time series -- the (optimal) investment horizon approach. For stock indices, the approach shows a pronounced gain-loss asymmetry that is {\em not} observed for the individual stocks that comprise the index. This difference may hint towards an synchronize of the draw downs of the stocks.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0504150,
  title  = {Investment horizons : A time-dependent measure of asset performance},
  author = {Ingve Simonsen and Anders Johansen and Mogens H. Jensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504150},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages Latex, 3 figures; To appear in "Practical Fruits of Econophysics" ed H. Takayasu (Springer Verlag, 2005)