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In addition to a stock\u2019s historical price information, the correlation between that stock and others can also provide valuable information for forecasting future returns. Existing methods often fall short of straightforward and effective capture of the intricate interdependencies between stocks. In this research, we introduce the concept of a Laplacian correlation graph (LOG), designed to explicitly model the correlations in stock price changes as the edges of a graph. After constructing the LOG, we will build a machine learning model, such as a graph attention network (GAT), and incorporate the LOG into the loss term. This innovative loss term is designed to empower the neural network to learn and leverage price correlations among different stocks in a straightforward but effective manner. The advantage of a Laplacian matrix is that matrix operation form is more suitable for current machine learning frameworks, thus achieving high computational efficiency and simpler model representation. Experimental results demonstrate improvements across multiple evaluation metrics using our LOG. Incorporating our LOG into five base machine learning models consistently enhances their predictive performance. Furthermore, backtesting results reveal superior returns and information ratios, underscoring the practical implications of our approach for real-world investment decisions. Our study addresses the limitations of existing methods that miss the correlation between stocks or fail to model correlation in a simple and effective way, and the proposed LOG emerges as a promising tool for stock returns prediction, offering enhanced predictive accuracy and improved investment outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bdcc8060056","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,30]],"date-time":"2024-05-30T08:15:54Z","timestamp":1717056954000},"page":"56","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Stock Trend Prediction with Machine Learning: Incorporating Inter-Stock Correlation Information through Laplacian Matrix"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-3215-2349","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenxuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LSEC, ICMSEC, NCMIS, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4159-1532","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benzhuo","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LSEC, ICMSEC, NCMIS, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"77","article-title":"Portfolio Selection","volume":"7","author":"Markowitz","year":"1952","journal-title":"J. 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