AlphaPortfolio : Direct Construction Through Deep Reinforcement Learning and Interpretable AI
We directly optimize the objectives of portfolio management via reinforcement learning---an alternative to conventional supervised-learning-based paradigms that entail first-step estimations of return distributions, pricing kernels, or risk premia. Building upon breakthroughs in AI, we develop multi-sequence neural network models tailored to distinguishing features of economic and financial data, while allowing training without labels and potential market interactions. The resulting AlphaPortfolio yields stellar out-of-sample performances (e.g., Sharpe ratio above two and over 13% risk-adjusted alpha with monthly re-balancing) that are robust under various economic restrictions and market conditions (e.g., exclusion of small stocks and short-selling). Moreover, we project AlphaPortfolio onto simpler modeling spaces (e.g., using polynomial-feature-sensitivity) to uncover key drivers of investment performance, including their rotation and nonlinearity. More generally, we highlight the utility of deep reinforcement learning in finance and invent "economic distillation" tools for interpreting AI and big data models
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[2021]
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Authors: | Cong, Lin William ; Tang, Ke ; Wang, Jingyuan ; Zhang, Yang |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (70 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 10, 2021 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.3554486 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235333
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