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Power Laws and Gaussians for Stock Market Fluctuations

Physics and Society 2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Finance

Abstract

The daily volume of transaction on the New York Stock Exchange and its day-to-day fluctuations are analysed with respect to power-law tails as well long-term trends. We also model the transition to a Gaussian distribution for longer time intervals, like months instead of days.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0603173,
  title  = {Power Laws and Gaussians for Stock Market Fluctuations},
  author = {Caglar Tuncay and Dietrich Stauffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0603173},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages including 4 figures