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Title: An Introduction to Wavelets and Other Filtering Methods in Finance and Economics by Ramazan Gençay, Faruk Selçuk, Brandon Whitcher ISBN: 0-12-279670-5 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 12 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $84.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The Guide
Comment: Various types of non-stationarities are common in time series data from financial markets. This requires a guide for selecting among numerous tools to deal with the non-stationarity. A unified treatment of filters like this book is a great help since it provides a fast and rigorous introduction.

Chapter 2 is on the general linear filtering theory with cleverly designed applications for illustrative purposes. "Optimum Linear Estimation" is the focus of Chapter 3 in which the Wiener Filter and the Kalman Filters among others are studied. Chapter 4 is on Discrete Wavelet Transforms and provides applications like filtering intraday seasonality in FX market and an examination of the relation between money growth and inflation. Long memory processes with seasonal components are analyzed using wavelets in Chapter 5. Denoising of economics and financial time series is the topic of Chapter 6. The decomposition of variance across different frequency bands as well as the cross-covariance between two time-series at different scales is covered in Chapter 7. Finally, Chapter 8 is on artificial neural networks in which both an introduction to the concept and some design issues with appropriate model selection criteria are provided.

Discussison of these relatively advanced topics is very simple and clear without sacrificing important details. Highly recommended.

Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to understand!
Comment: The book is a wonderful reference in that it brings together various filtering methods. It is an excellent introduction to the topic, clearly written and easy to understand. The text does not assume a high-level math background. Further, unlike the various books which simply provide the theory but include very few or no applications at all, this book by Gencay, Selcuk, and Whitcher has many applications that help you get the right picture.

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