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Table 1 Features used in the study

From: A statistical learning approach for stock selection in the Chinese stock market

Features

Symbol

Return based:

1. One-month return

R1

2. Two-month cumulative return

R2

3. Three-month cumulative return

R3

4. Four-month cumulative return

R4

5. Five-month cumulative return

R5

6. Six-month cumulative return

R6

7. Seven-month cumulative return

R7

8. Eight-month cumulative return

R8

9. Nine-month cumulative return

R9

10. Ten-month cumulative return

R10

11. Eleven-month cumulative return

R11

12. Twelve-month cumulative return

R12

Statistics based:

13. Standard deviation calculated from the past 12 months of returns

SD

14. Skewness calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Skew

15. Kurtosis calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Kurt

16. Sharpe ratio calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Sharpe

17. Alpha with respect to the market calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Alpha

18. Market beta calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Beta

19. Correlation with index calculated from the past 12 months of returns

Corr

20. Short-term volatility calculated from the daily returns in the past 20 days

Vol

21. Distance/drawdown from the high watermark in the past 12 months

DD