Clustering Analysis

Identification of risk clusters

N.F. Katzke
2025-09-29

Cluster Analysis

This practical contains some theory and practical application of cluster analysis.

We discuss k-means clustering as well as hierarchical clustering.

Applications are done on stock return cluster identification, using distance matrices in an agglomerative clustering framework.

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as

Katzke (2025, Sept. 29). Financial Econometrics Course: Clustering Analysis. Retrieved from https://www.fmx.nfkatzke.com/posts/2020-08-17-practical-5/

BibTeX citation

@misc{katzke2025clustering,
  author = {Katzke, N.F.},
  title = {Financial Econometrics Course: Clustering Analysis},
  url = {https://www.fmx.nfkatzke.com/posts/2020-08-17-practical-5/},
  year = {2025}
}