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EXTREME VALUE THEORY 2777.5.3 Application to Stock ReturnsWe apply the extreme value theory to the daily log returns <strong>of</strong> IBM stock from July 3,1962 to December 31, 1998. The returns are measured in percentages, and the samplesize is 9190 (i.e., T = 9190). Figure 7.3 shows the time plots <strong>of</strong> extreme daily logreturns when the length <strong>of</strong> the subperiod is 21, which corresponds approximately toa month. The October 1987 crash is clearly seen from the plot. Excluding the 1987crash, the range <strong>of</strong> extreme daily log returns is between 0.5% and 13%.Table 7.1 summarizes some estimation results <strong>of</strong> the shape parameter k via theHill estimator. Three choices <strong>of</strong> q are reported in the table, and the results are stable.To provide an overall picture <strong>of</strong> the performance <strong>of</strong> Hill estimator, Figure 7.4 showsTable 7.1. Results <strong>of</strong> the Hill Estimator for Daily Log Returns<strong>of</strong> IBM Stock From July 3, 1962 to December 31, 1998. StandardErrors are in Parentheses.q 190 200 210Maximum −0.300(0.022) −0.297(0.021) −0.303(0.021)Minimum −0.290(0.021) −0.292(0.021) −0.289(0.020)(a) Upper (or right) tailhill-0.30 -0.20 -0.10••• •• • ••• • • ••• •• • • •• •••0 100 200 300 400 500q(b) Lower (or left) tailhill-0.8 -0.6 -0.4• • •••••• • •• • ••0 100 200 300 400 500qFigure 7.4. Scatterplots <strong>of</strong> the Hill estimator for the daily log returns <strong>of</strong> IBM stock. Thesample period is from July 3, 1962 to December 31, 1998: (a) positive returns, and (b) negativereturns.

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