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Iterated and exponentially weighted moving principal component analysis

Statistical Finance 2021-08-31 v1

Abstract

The principal component analysis (PCA) is a staple statistical and unsupervised machine learning technique in finance. The application of PCA in a financial setting is associated with several technical difficulties, such as numerical instability and nonstationarity. We attempt to resolve them by proposing two new variants of PCA: an iterated principal component analysis (IPCA) and an exponentially weighted moving principal component analysis (EWMPCA). Both variants rely on the Ogita-Aishima iteration as a crucial step.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.13072,
  title  = {Iterated and exponentially weighted moving principal component analysis},
  author = {Paul Bilokon and David Finkelstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13072},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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