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Lazy Network: A Word Embedding‐Based Temporal Financial Network to Avoid Economic Shocks in Asset Pricing Models

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  • George Adosoglou
  • Seonho Park
  • Gianfranco Lombardo
  • Stefano Cagnoni
  • Panos M. Pardalos

Abstract

Public companies in the US stock market must annually report their activities and financial performances to the SEC by filing the so‐called 10‐K form. Recent studies have demonstrated that changes in the textual content of the corporate annual filing (10‐K) can convey strong signals of companies’ future returns. In this study, we combine natural language processing techniques and network science to introduce a novel 10‐K‐based network, named Lazy Network, that leverages year‐on‐year changes in companies’ 10‐Ks detected using a neural network embedding model. The Lazy Network aims to capture textual changes derived from financial or economic changes on the equity market. Leveraging the Lazy Network, we present a novel investment strategy that attempts to select the least disrupted and stable companies by capturing the peripheries of the Lazy Network. We show that this strategy earns statistically significant risk‐adjusted excess returns. Specifically, the proposed portfolios yield up to 95 basis points in monthly five‐factor alphas (over 12% annually), outperforming similar strategies in the literature.

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  • George Adosoglou & Seonho Park & Gianfranco Lombardo & Stefano Cagnoni & Panos M. Pardalos, 2022. "Lazy Network: A Word Embedding‐Based Temporal Financial Network to Avoid Economic Shocks in Asset Pricing Models," Complexity, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2022(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:complx:v:2022:y:2022:i:1:n:9430919
    DOI: 10.1155/2022/9430919
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