Surrogate data analysis (SDA) is a statistical hypothesis testing framework for the determination of weak chaos in time series dynamics. Existing SDA procedures do not account properly for the rich structures observed in stock return sequences, attributed to the presence of heteroscedasticity,...

In this paper we investigate for the presence of non-stochastic, possibly nonlinear deterministic dynamical cycles in financial time series. Evidence of nonlinear dynamics is revealed in denoised daily stock market index returns for six countries by combining Recurrence Quantification Analysis...

We investigate for evidence of complex-deterministic dynamics in financial returns time series. By combining the Surrogate Data Analysis inferential framework with the MG-GARCH (Kyrtsou and Terraza, 2003) modelling approach, we examine whether the sequences are characterized by aperiodic and...