Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128503 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2016-9
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
In this paper, the dynamics of Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) stock price index is analysed within a time-frequency framework over a monthly period 1791:08-2015:05. Using the Empirical Mode Decomposition technique, the S&P 500 stock price index is divided into different frequencies known as intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and one residual. The IMFs and the residual are then reconstructed into high frequency, low frequency and trend components using the hierarchical clustering method. Using different measures, it is shown that the low frequency and trend components of stock prices are relatively important drivers of the S&P 500 index. These results are also robust across various subsamples identified based on structural break tests. Therefore, US stock prices have been driven mostly by fundamental laws rooted in economic growth and longterm returns on investment.
Subjects: 
Empirical Mode Decomposition
stock prices
S&P 500 Index
United States
JEL: 
C22
G10
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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