Attention Factors

Download PDF Introduction In this article we present a conditional latent factor approach to decompose US equities returns into systematic latent components and idiosyncratic residuals. The aim of the article is to expand on previous research by the Bocconi Student Investment Club by presenting an alternative approach to the traditional Read more…

Technical Analysis on Steroids

Download PDF Technical analysis is often regarded with skepticism in academic finance. It is frequently associated with delusional day traders who attempt to extract signals from price charts, relying on patterns they believe can be visually identified in candlestick formations. Over time, a vast number of technical indicators have been Read more…

Machine Learning Models for S&P 500 Trading: A Comparative Analysis of Random Forest, XGBoost, and Regression Techniques

Download PDF Introduction In an era where markets are inundated with data and traditional analysis is continuously challenged by evolving market dynamics, this article was conceived as an attempt to harness machine learning (ML) to capture and exploit momentum signals in financial time series. The central idea was to blend Read more…