Summary of Hopfield Networks For Asset Allocation, by Carlo Nicolini et al.
Hopfield Networks for Asset Allocation
by Carlo Nicolini, Monisha Gopalan, Jacopo Staiano, Bruno Lepri
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP); Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Modern Hopfield Network (MHM) is applied to portfolio optimization for the first time. The study employs combinatorial purged cross-validation on several datasets and compares results with traditional and deep-learning-based methods for portfolio selection. Unlike Long-Short Term Memory networks and Transformers, MHM achieves similar or better performance while providing faster training times and improved stability. This approach demonstrates promise in asset allocation, risk management, and dynamic rebalancing. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Portfolio optimization is a challenging problem that can be solved using Modern Hopfield Networks. This study compares different methods to see which one works best. The results show that MHM performs well and is faster than other deep-learning-based methods like Long-Short Term Memory networks and Transformers. This means it could be used in real-world applications for things like asset allocation, risk management, and dynamic rebalancing. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning * Optimization
