PCA: Invariant Risk Metrics and Representation of Residuals for Bond Returns

9 Pages Posted: 9 May 2016 Last revised: 16 Sep 2016

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Kharen Musaelian

HiQu Capital

Santhanam Nagarajan

Tudor Investment Corporation

Dario Villani

Tudor Investment Corporation

Date Written: September 15, 2016

Abstract

We show how to build robust risk metrics for bond returns based on a global structure in the form of principal components and a novel quasi-local representation for the residuals.

Keywords: PCA, Principal Components, Bonds, Interest Rates, Convexity, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Flylets

Suggested Citation

Musaelian, Kharen and Nagarajan, Santhanam and Villani, Dario, PCA: Invariant Risk Metrics and Representation of Residuals for Bond Returns (September 15, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2777026 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2777026

Kharen Musaelian

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Dario Villani

Tudor Investment Corporation

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11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
United States

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