Uso del conjunto de datos de características empresariales anonimizadas para valorar activos
Resumen
Esta guía describe un panel mensual de renta variable US de empresas anonimizadas y características utilizado en investigaciones de valoración de activos con aprendizaje automático. Los datos incluyen características contables y técnicas, rendimientos y periodos de entrenamiento y prueba predefinidos, separados por un intervalo de una década. El intervalo busca reducir el riesgo de anticipación de información, mientras que los identificadores anonimizados desincentivan la minería de datos por empresa. Las características se transforman en rangos, faltan algunas observaciones y el panel incluye empresas excluidas de cotización.
La guía explica que los tensores de características del archivo publicado conservan un eje anónimo de empresas coherente dentro de cada bloque de datos, mientras que una representación CSV pierde la identidad que necesita el cargador. Describe cómo cargar el conjunto de datos completo o sus particiones predefinidas e indica que la muestra académica termina en 2016 y no se puede ampliar. Estas propiedades hacen que el panel sea útil para reproducir estudios de valoración de activos, pero el anonimato impide asociar observaciones con valores identificados por nombre, y la cobertura estática limita los usos que requieren empresas actuales o condiciones de mercado recientes.
Ideas clave
- El panel contiene características de empresas US anonimizadas y rendimientos mensuales para investigar la valoración de activos.
- Los periodos de entrenamiento y prueba están separados por un intervalo de una década, destinado a limitar el sesgo por anticipación de información.
- La identidad anónima de las empresas impide asociarlas directamente con acciones identificadas por nombre y desincentiva el análisis a nivel de valor.
- El conjunto de datos incluye características ausentes y empresas excluidas de cotización, aspectos que afectan a su uso e interpretación.
- La muestra académica termina en 2016 y es estática, por lo que no representa la cobertura actual del mercado.
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# # Firm Characteristics Dataset
#
# Academic dataset of anonymized firm characteristics for ML-based asset pricing.
#
# | Property | Value |
# |----------|-------|
# | **Provider** | GitHub (Chen, Pelger, Zhu 2020) |
# | **Asset Class** | US Equities (anonymized) |
# | **Frequency** | Monthly |
# | **Firms** | Anonymized |
# | **Coverage** | 1967-2016 |
# | **Size** | ~258 MB |
# | **API Key** | None (free) |
# | **Loader** | `load_firm_characteristics()` |
#
# **NOTE**: This is a **static academic dataset**. Firms are anonymized and not updateable.
# %%
"""Firm Characteristics - download, explore, and update workflow."""
import polars as pl
# %% [markdown]
# ## 1. Configuration
#
# This is a **static academic dataset** from Chen, Pelger, and Zhu (2020)
# "Deep Learning in Asset Pricing". No local configuration file.
#
# ### Dataset Characteristics
#
# - **94 firm characteristics**: Accounting ratios, technical indicators, etc.
# - **Anonymized firms**: No stock identifiers to prevent data mining
# - **Pre-split periods**: Train (1967-1989), Test (2000-2016)
# - **Gap period**: 1990-1999 excluded to prevent look-ahead bias
# %%
print("=== Firm Characteristics Configuration ===")
print("Provider: GitHub (Chen, Pelger, Zhu 2020)")
print("Paper: 'Deep Learning in Asset Pricing'")
print("Coverage: 1967-1989 (train), 2000-2016 (test)")
print("Features: 94 firm characteristics")
print("Frequency: Monthly")
print("\nThis is a static academic dataset. Firms are anonymized.")
# %% [markdown]
# ## 2. API Key Setup
#
# **No API key required.** This dataset is freely available on GitHub.
# %%
print("No API key required - data is hosted on GitHub.")
print("Source: https://github.com/jasonzy121/Deep_Learning_Asset_Pricing")
# %% [markdown]
# ## 3. Download Data
#
# `data/equities/firm_characteristics/download.py` is the only path that produces what
# `load_firm_characteristics()` reads. It fetches the archive from the Google Drive folder
# the paper's repository links, then converts the published `char/*.npz` tensors - not
# `RetChar.csv` - into `equities/firm_characteristics/firm_characteristics_{train,valid,test,all}.parquet`.
#
# The tensors are what carry firm identity. Each block has a fixed anonymous firm axis whose
# positions are persistent within the block, so the converter can emit a `symbol` column; the
# CSV drops that axis and can only emit `permno`, which the loader rejects. A split offset keeps
# the three blocks' identifier namespaces disjoint, because the archive publishes no mapping
# between them.
#
# ```bash
# uv run python data/equities/firm_characteristics/download.py # fetch and convert
# uv run python data/equities/firm_characteristics/download.py --check # verify what is there
# uv run python data/equities/firm_characteristics/download.py --convert # convert an existing archive
# ```
#
# This card used to carry a second downloader of its own, writing
# `firm_characteristics_{all,train,test}.parquet` into an `academic/` directory from
# `RetChar.csv`. Nothing read that directory and the loader rejects that schema, so the files
# it produced were unreachable whichever way a reader arrived at them.
# %%
from utils import ML4T_DATA_PATH
from utils.paths import display_path
parquet_dir = ML4T_DATA_PATH / "equities" / "firm_characteristics"
present = sorted(path.name for path in parquet_dir.glob("firm_characteristics_*.parquet"))
print("=== Firm Characteristics Download ===")
print("Downloader: data/equities/firm_characteristics/download.py")
print(f"Writes to: {display_path(parquet_dir)}")
print(f"Present: {present or 'nothing yet - run the downloader'}")
# %% [markdown]
# ## 4. Load and Explore
#
# Once downloaded, use the loader throughout the book:
# %%
from data import load_firm_characteristics
# Load the full dataset
df = load_firm_characteristics()
print(f"Shape: {df.shape}")
print(f"Date range: {df['timestamp'].min()} to {df['timestamp'].max()}")
# Count features (exclude timestamp, symbol, ret)
feature_cols = [c for c in df.columns if c not in ["timestamp", "symbol", "ret"]]
print(f"Features: {len(feature_cols)}")
print(f"Memory: {df.estimated_size('mb'):.1f} MB")
# %%
# Schema
df.schema
# %%
# Preview
df.head(10)
# %% [markdown]
# ### Feature Overview
# %%
# Feature statistics
feature_cols = [c for c in df.columns if c not in ["timestamp", "symbol", "split", "ret"]]
print(f"Number of features: {len(feature_cols)}")
print("\nFeature names (first 20):")
for col in feature_cols[:20]:
print(f" {col}")
if len(feature_cols) > 20:
print(f" ... and {len(feature_cols) - 20} more")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Train/Test Split Coverage
# %%
# Yearly coverage
yearly = (
df.with_columns(pl.col("timestamp").dt.year().alias("year"))
.group_by("year")
.agg(
pl.len().alias("n_observations"),
)
.sort("year")
)
print("Yearly coverage:")
yearly
# %% [markdown]
# ## 5. Data Profile
# %%
from ml4t.data.storage.data_profile import load_profile
from utils import ML4T_DATA_PATH
profile_path = (
ML4T_DATA_PATH / "equities" / "firm_characteristics" / "firm_characteristics_all_profile.json"
)
profile = load_profile(profile_path)
if profile is None:
print(f"No profile at {display_path(profile_path)}")
print(
"The downloader above writes it, next to the data, through\n"
"ml4t.data.storage.data_profile. Re-run it to produce one; there is no separate\n"
"profile-generating script."
)
else:
print("=== Firm Characteristics Profile ===")
print(f"Written by {profile.source}")
print(profile.summary())
# %% [markdown]
# ## 6. Loader Options
#
# The loader supports loading the full dataset or pre-defined splits:
# %%
# Load train split (1967-1989)
train = load_firm_characteristics(split="train")
print(f"Train: {train.shape}, {train['timestamp'].min()} to {train['timestamp'].max()}")
# %%
# Load test split (2000-2016)
test = load_firm_characteristics(split="test")
print(f"Test: {test.shape}, {test['timestamp'].min()} to {test['timestamp'].max()}")
# %%
# Load full dataset (default)
full = load_firm_characteristics()
print(f"Full: {full.shape}")
# %% [markdown]
# ## 7. Documentation
#
# ### Source
#
# - **Paper**: Chen, Pelger, Zhu (2020) "Deep Learning in Asset Pricing"
# - **GitHub**: https://github.com/jasonzy121/Deep_Learning_Asset_Pricing
# - **Published**: Management Science, 2024
#
# ### Dataset Columns
#
# | Column | Description |
# |--------|-------------|
# | `date` | Month-end date |
# | `permno` | Anonymized firm identifier |
# | `ret` | Monthly stock return |
# | `me` | Market equity |
# | `bm` | Book-to-market ratio |
# | `mom12m` | 12-month momentum |
# | `... (94 total)` | Various firm characteristics |
#
# ### Train/Test Split
#
# | Split | Period | Purpose |
# |-------|--------|---------|
# | Train | 1967-1989 | Model training |
# | Gap | 1990-1999 | Excluded (prevents look-ahead) |
# | Test | 2000-2016 | Out-of-sample evaluation |
#
# ### Data Quality Notes
#
# - **Anonymized firms**: No stock identifiers to prevent data mining
# - **Cross-sectional ranking**: Features are rank-transformed
# - **Missing values**: Some characteristics have gaps
# - **Survivorship**: Includes delisted firms
# %% [markdown]
# ## 8. Updating Data
#
# **This dataset is NOT updateable.**
#
# This is a static academic dataset published with a research paper.
# The data cannot be extended beyond the original publication period (2016).
#
# ### Related Resources
#
# For more recent firm characteristics data, consider:
#
# | Resource | Coverage | Access |
# |----------|----------|--------|
# | WRDS/CRSP | 1926-present | Subscription |
# | Open Source Asset Pricing | Varies | Free |
# | Ken French Library | 1926-present | Free (factors only) |
# %% [markdown]
# ## Summary
#
# | Item | Value |
# |------|-------|
# | Features | 94 firm characteristics |
# | Frequency | Monthly |
# | Coverage | 1967-2016 (with gap 1990-1999) |
# | Provider | GitHub (Chen, Pelger, Zhu 2020) |
# | Loader | `load_firm_characteristics(split=None)` |
#
# **Primary use**: Deep learning asset pricing research (Chapters 10-15).
# **Limitation**: Anonymized firms, static dataset ends 2016.
```Se muestra íntegramente con atribución según la licencia de la fuente. Licencia: MIT
Este resumen lo redactó el agente de investigación de Stratmill a partir del original; no es una copia de la fuente.