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Dynamic asset trees and Black Monday

  • J. P. Onnela
  • , A. Chakraborti*
  • , K. Kaski
  • , J. Kertész
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Laboratory of Computational Engineering
  • Aalto University
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The minimum spanning tree, based on the concept of ultrametricity, is constructed from the correlation matrix of stock returns. The dynamics of this asset tree can be characterised by its normalised length and the mean occupation layer, as measured from an appropriately chosen centre called the 'central node'. We show how the tree length shrinks during a stock market crisis, Black Monday in this case, and how a strong reconfiguration takes place, resulting in topological shrinking of the tree.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)247-252
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume324
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2003
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the International Econophysics Conference - Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 29 Aug 2002 → 31 Aug 2002

Keywords

  • Market crash
  • Minimum spanning tree
  • Time dependency of stock correlations

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