Stable Reduced-Noise 'Macro' SSA - Based Correlations for Long-Term Counterparty Risk Management

18 Pages Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last revised: 22 Jul 2016

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Jan Dash

Fordham University; Bloomberg L.P.

Xipei Yang

Bloomberg L.P.

Harvey J. Stein

Two Sigma; Columbia University - Department of Mathematics

Mario Bondioli

Bloomberg L.P.

Date Written: July 11, 2016

Abstract

We introduce a methodology from geophysics, Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA), to obtain stable, noise-cleaned correlations for long term risk (e.g. counterparty risk). SSA is applied to time series to smooth them in a robust manner. The SSA-smoothed time series are then used to obtain the correlations. We call these “macro” correlations because they are determined with macroscopic time scales. Stable correlations are desirable to suppress noise from short time scales that make risk measures unstable. If correlations move around, risk measures also move around, making business decisions difficult. SSA-based correlations ameliorate this business problem.

Keywords: Singular Spectrum Analysis, counterparty risk, correlations, stable, noise-cleaned, macro, business decisions

JEL Classification: C1, C14, C22, C63, E44, F65, G1, Y1

Suggested Citation

Dash, Jan and Yang, Xipei and Stein, Harvey J. and Bondioli, Mario, Stable Reduced-Noise 'Macro' SSA - Based Correlations for Long-Term Counterparty Risk Management (July 11, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2808015 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2808015

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Xipei Yang

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Harvey J. Stein

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Mario Bondioli

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