Cornelis A. Los

University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Irvine, CA 92697-3125

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1.

Measuring the Degree of Financial Market Efficiency: An Essay

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Oct 2005
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Market efficiency, risk, measurement, fractal, investment horizon, multiresolution analysis

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Nonparametric Efficiency Testing of Asian Stock Markets Using Weekly Data

Centre for Research in Financial Services Working Paper No. 99-01
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Feb 1999
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Multi-Fractal Spectral Analysis of the 1987 Stock Market Crash

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Multi-Fractal Spectral Analysis of the 1987 Stock Market Crash

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Sep 2004
Cornelis A. Los and Rossitsa M. Yalamova
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and University of Lethbridge
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Financial Markets, Persistence, Multi-Fractal Spectral Analysis, Wavelets

Multi-Fractal Spectral Analysis of the 1987 Stock Market Crash

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 106-133, July 2006
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los and Rossitsa M. Yalamova
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and University of Lethbridge

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Financial Markets, Persistence, Multi-Fractal Spectral Analysis, Wavelets

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Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis of High-Frequency Asian FX Rates, Summer 1997

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Nov 2000
Cornelis A. Los and Jeyanthi Karuppiah
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Centre for Research in Financial Services (CREFS)
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foreign exchange markets, anti-persistence, long-term dependence, multi-resolution analysis, wavelets, time-scale analysis, scaling laws, irregularity analysis, randomness, Asia

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Visualization of Chaos for Finance Majors

Adelaide University Working Paper No. 00-7
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jan 2001
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Logistic Equation, Visualization, Strange Attractor, Chaos, Hurst Exponent

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Why VAR Fails: Long Memory and Extreme Events in Financial Markets

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Why VAR Fails: Long Memory and Extreme Events in Financial Markets

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Dec 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Long memory, value-at-risk, extreme value theory, portfolio management, degrees of persistence

Why VAR Fails: Long Memory and Extreme Events in Financial Markets

The ICFAI Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 19-36, September 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Long memory, value-at-risk, extreme value theory, portfolio management, degrees of persistence

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When to Put All Your Eggs in One Basket... When Diversification Increases Portfolio Risk!

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Nov 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Portfolio management, distibutional stability, long memory, financial risk

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The Changing Concept of Financial Risk

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The Changing Concept of Financial Risk

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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The Changing Concept of Financial Risk

The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 7-41, March 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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epistemological change, financial risk, stable distributions, nonlinear dependencies, nonstationarity, empirical research, financial markets

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Measurement of Financial Risk Persistence

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Measurement of Financial Risk Persistence

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Persistence, long memory, dependence, time series, frequency, critical exponents, fractional Brownian motion, (G)ARCH, risk measurement

Measurement of Financial Risk Persistence

The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 7-33, September 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Persistence, long memory, dependence, time series, frequency, critical exponents, fractional Brownian motion, (G)ARCH, risk measurement

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Measuring Financial Cash Flow and Term Structure Dynamics

Kent State GSM Dept. of Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Dec 2001
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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The 1998 Third Annual Survey of Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts in Singapore

Centre for Research in Financial Services Working Paper No. 99-05
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Sep 1999
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Optimal Asian Multi-Currency Strategy Portfolios with Exact Risk Attribution

Centre for Research in Financial Services WP #98-02
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Aug 1998
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Long Memory Options: Valuation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Sep 2004
Sutthisit Jamdee and Cornelis A. Los
Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Options, Long Memory, Persistence, Hurst Exponent, Executive Remuneration

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Long-Term Dependence Characteristics of European Stock Indices

Kent State University Department of Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Apr 2003
Cornelis A. Los and Joanna M. Lipka
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Kent State University - Department of Finance
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Persistence Characteristics of the Chinese Stock Markets

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Persistence Characteristics of the Chinese Stock Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Cornelis A. Los and Bing Yu
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Kent State University
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Long-term dependence, degrees of persistence, Hurst exponent, wavelet multiresolution analysis, Chinese equity markets

Persistence Characteristics of the Chinese Stock Markets

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 64-82, 2008
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los and Bing Yu
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Kent State University

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Long-term dependence, degrees of persistence, Hurst exponent, wavelet multiresolution analysis, Chinese equity markets

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Valuation of Six Asian Stock Markets: Financial System Identification in Noisy Environments

Centre for Research in Financial Services WP #97-02
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Sep 1997
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Multifractal Modeling of the Us Treasury Term Structure and Fed Funds Rate

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Mar 2005
Sutthisit Jamdee and Cornelis A. Los
Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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MMAR, multifractal spectrum, long memory, scaling, term stucture, persistence, Brownian motion, GARCH, time-frequency analysis

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Model Uncertainty, Complexity and Rank in Finance

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Model Uncertainty, Complexity and Rank in Finance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Nov 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Financial modeling, cash accounting, portfolio optimization, uncertainty, complexity, rank

Model Uncertainty, Complexity and Rank in Finance

The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 31-61, June 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Financial modeling, cash accounting, portfolio optimization, uncertainty, complexity, rank

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Investment Model Uncertainty and Fair Pricing

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 May 2008
Cornelis A. Los and Sachapon Tungsong
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Thammasat University - Thammasat Business School
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capital market line, security market line, beta, investments, decision-making, Knightian uncertainty, robustness, information-gap, Galton's Error, real option value

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Dynamic Risk Profile of the Us Term Structure by Wavelet Mra

Kent State University, Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Feb 2003
Sutthisit Jamdee and Cornelis A. Los
Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Wavelet, Interest rates, Hurst exponent, Term structure, Yield curve

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Nonparametric Testing of the High-Frequency Efficiency of the 1997 Asian Foreign Exchange Markets

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Nonparametric Testing of the High-Frequency Efficiency of the 1997 Asian Foreign Exchange Markets

Centre for Research in Financial Services WP No. 98-03
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Nov 1998
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Nonparametric Testing of the High-Frequency Efficiency of the 1997 Asian Foreign Exchange Markets

Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 9, No. 3-4, pp. 265-289, 1999
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Market efficiency, Non-parametric testing, High-frequency FX data, Asia

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Galton's Error and the Under-Representation of Systematic Risk

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Galton's Error and the Under-Representation of Systematic Risk

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Aug 1997
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Galton's Error and the Under-Representation of Systematic Risk

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 1793-1829, 1999
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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systematic risk, CAPM, APT, Galton, mutual funds, asset valuation, securities market line

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Optimal Multi-Currency Investment Strategies with Exact Attribution in Three Asian Countries

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Optimal Multi-Currency Investment Strategies with Exact Attribution in Three Asian Countries

Centre for Research in Financial Services WP #98-01
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Jan 1998
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Optimal Multi-Currency Investment Strategies with Exact Attribution in Three Asian Countries

Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 8, No. 2-3, pp. 169-198, 1998
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Exact Attribution, Portfolio Optimization, Investment Strategies, Asia

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Persistence Characteristics of Latin American Financial Markets

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Persistence Characteristics of Latin American Financial Markets

Kent State University Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Apr 2003
Nyo Nyo A. Kyaw, Cornelis A. Los and Sijing Zong
Kent State University - Department of Finance, University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and California State University, Stanislaus - School of Business
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Persistence, Hurst Exponent, Nonstationarity, Nonergodicity, Financial Markets, Latin America

Persistence Characteristics of Latin American Financial Markets

Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 269-290, 2006
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Long-term dependence, wavelet multiresolution analysis, Latin American financial markets

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Long Memory Options: Lm Evidence and Simulations

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Long Memory Options: Lm Evidence and Simulations

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 May 2005
Cornelis A. Los and Sutthisit Jamdee
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
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Options, Long Memory, Persistence, Hurst Exponent, Identification, Simulation, Executive Remuneration

Long Memory Options: LM Evidence and Simulations

Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 260--280, June 2007
Posted: 03 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los and Sutthisit Jamdee
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate

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Options, long memory, persistence, Hurst exponent, identification, simulation, executive remuneration, warrants

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Multifractal Modeling of the Japanese Treasury Term Structure

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Sep 2005
Sutthisit Jamdee and Cornelis A. Los
Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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MMAR, multifractal spectrum, long memory, scaling, term stucture, persistence, Brownian motion, GARCH, time-frequency analysis, Japan

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The Analytic Incompleteness of Unidirectional Projections or Regressions

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Oct 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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projections, regressions, incompleteness, bias, system identification, noisy data

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Were Cobb and Douglas Prejudiced? A Critical Re-Analysis of Their 1928 Production Model Identification

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Feb 2005
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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System identification, noisy data, production model, elasticities, projections, complete least squares, accuracy

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Strategic Investments with Competition Under Uncertainty in the ASEAN/AEC: A Game-Theoretic Real Options Analysis

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Jan 2014
Cornelis A. Los and Klangjai Sangwichitr
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Prince of Songkla University (PSU)
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Strategic investments, real options, game theory, contingency planning, decision-making, ASEAN, free trade

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Liquidity and Simulation: A Survey of Liquidity Measures Using TraderEx

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Apr 2014
Jedediah Baker and Cornelis A. Los
Alliant International University - Alliant School of Management and University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Liquidity, liquidity measurement, market simulation, trading simulation

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System Identification in Noisy Data Environments: An Application to Six Asian Stock Markets

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Oct 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Identification, financial-economic system, complete least squares, Asian economies

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NAFTA’s Financial Convergence: Measurement by Dynamic Moment Analysis of Daily FX Forward Term Premiums

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Mar 2011
Cornelis A. Los and Yueming Sun
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and University of Lethbridge - Faculty of Management
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Convergence, Foreign Exchange, Forward Premiums, Term Structures, Dynamic Moment Analysis, Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis, Flexible Exchange Rates, Fixed Exchange Rates

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The Degree of Stability of Price Diffusion

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The Degree of Stability of Price Diffusion

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Stable distributions, price diffusion, stability exponent, Zolotarev parametrization, fractional Brownian motion, financial markets

The Degree of Stability of Price Diffusion

The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 6-33, December 2005
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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The Fed's Consistent Monetary Policy: A Long Term Perspective

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Nov 2004
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
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Monetary policy, modeling, fiscal policy, dollar value

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Adiabatic Genesis of Extreme Volatility Winter Regimes: Dynamic Moment Analysis of Non-Stationary Temperature Data for the Midwestern Natural Gas Market

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Mar 2011
Cornelis A. Los and Jennifer Zhou
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Peters & Co., Ltd
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Natural Gas Prices, Temperatures, Non-Stationarity, Dynamic Moment Analysis, Extreme Volatility, Fractal Analysis, Chinook, Adiabasis

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Measuring the Degree of Financial Market Efficiency

Finance India, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2008
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Market efficiency, risk, measurement, fractal, investment horizon, multiresolution analysis

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Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis of High-Frequency Asian FX Rates

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 211-246, 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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foreign exchange markets, anti-persistence, long-term dependence, multi-resolution analysis, wavelets, time-scale analysis, scaling laws, irregularity analysis, randomness, Asia

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When to Put All Your Eggs in One Basket? When Diversification Increases Portfolio Risk!

Financial Engineering News, p. 4, January-February 2005
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Portfolio management, diversification, stable disttributions, risk, options

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System Identification in Noisy Data Environments

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 1997-2024, 2006
Posted: 03 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

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Identification, financial-economic system, complete least squares, Asian economies

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Dynamic Risk Profile of the U.S. Term Structure

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol 1, No. 5, pages 19-47, September 2006
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Cornelis A. Los and Sutthisit Jamdee
University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business and Saint Cloud State University - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate

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Wavelet, interest rates, Hurst exponent, term structure, yield curve