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International Financial Markets Through 150 Years: Evaluating Stylized Facts

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  • Sara A. Safari
  • Maximilian Janisch
  • Thomas Leh'ericy

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In the theory of financial markets, a stylized fact is a qualitative summary of a pattern in financial market data that is observed across multiple assets, asset classes and time horizons. In this article, we test a set of eleven stylized facts for financial market data. Our main contribution is to consider a broad range of geographical regions across Asia, continental Europe, and the US over a time period of 150 years, as well as two of the most traded cryptocurrencies, thus providing insights into the robustness and generalizability of commonly known stylized facts.

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  • Sara A. Safari & Maximilian Janisch & Thomas Leh'ericy, 2025. "International Financial Markets Through 150 Years: Evaluating Stylized Facts," Papers 2504.08611, arXiv.org.
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