Man pages for PCRA
Companion to Portfolio Construction and Risk Analysis

abbreviate_nameAbbreviate a vector of names
barplotWtsA Barplot of a Set of Portfolio Weights
bootEfrontsBootstrapped Efficient Frontiers
buildPortfoliosBuild a List of Portfolio Specifications (Default Example)
BXMdataCBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index
CboeOptionStrategiesCboeOptionStrategies
chart.EfrontCreate Efficient Frontier
cleanOutliersClean Returns Outliers Effectively
ConferenceBoardETIConferenceBoardETI
CRSPLiquidMktCapGrpsCntsCRSP Stocks Cap Groups Counts
crsp.returns8CRSP Returns for 8 stocks in 4 cap groups
datFF3WFama-French 3-Factor Model Weekly Time Series
datFF4WFama-French 4-Factor Model Weekly Time Series
divHHIHHI Based Diversification Index
ellipsesPlotPCRA.covfmOverlaid Correlations Ellipses Plots
ewmaMeanVolEWMA Mean and Volatility
factorsSPGMISPGMI Data 14 Factors for 294 Stocks
FRBinterestRatesFederal Reserve Board Interest Rates
getPCRADataDownload CRSP and SPGMI Data
gfunds5Five German Investment Funds
HFstrategiesHedge Fund Strategies Returns
invensysEPSInvensys Earnings per Share
KRestKurtosis Estimator
levgLongShortLong Short Portfolio Leverage
MarketDataGlobal Baskets of Equity and Bonds
mathEfrontEfficient Frontiers from Returns
mathEfrontCashRiskyMath Efficient Frontier: Cash and Risky Assets
mathEfrontRiskyEfficient Frontier of Risky Stocks
mathEfrontRiskyMuCovEfficient Frontier
mathGmvGlobal Minimum Variance Portfolio (GMV)
mathGmvMuCovGlobal Minimum Variance Portfolios From Mu and Cov
mathTportTangency Portfolio Weights
mathWtsEfrontRiskyEfficient Frontier Portfolio Weights Vectors
mathWtsEfrontRiskyMuCovEfficient Frontier Portfolio Weights Vectors
meanReturns4TypesFour Types of Mean Returns
minVarCashRiskyMinimum Variance Portfolio
minVarRiskyLOTitle Minimum Variance Long-Only Risky Assets Portfolio
opt.outputMvoPCRAOptimal Portfolio Weights and Performance
PCRA-packagePCRA: Companion to Portfolio Construction and Risk Analysis
plotLSandHuberRobustSFMPlot LS and Huber SFM Fits
plotLSandRobustSFMRobust and Least Square Single Factor Model (SFM) Fits
psiHuberHuber psi function
qqnormDatWindatqqnormDatWindat
retDDCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker DD
retEDSCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker EDS
retFNBCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker FNB
retKBHCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker KBH
retMERCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker MER
retOFGCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker OFG
retPSCCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker PSC
returnsCRSPxtsSelect CRSP Stocks Returns
retVHICRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker VHI
retWTSCRSP Returns of Stock with Ticker WTS
runMultipleBacktestsRun Multiple Portfolio Backtests and Plot
runPortfolioBacktestRun Portfolio Backtest and Plot
selectCRSPandSPGMISelect and merge data from the stocksCRSP and factorsSPGMI...
ShortDurationCreditShortDurationCredit
SKestSkewness estimator
SP400IndustrialsSP400Industrials
SP425IndustrialsSP425Industrials
SP500SP500
SP500dataSP500data
SP500from1967to2007SP500from1967to2007
SPIndustrialsSPIndustrials
stocksCRSPdailyCRSP daily stocks data for 294 stocks
stocksCRSPmonthlystocksCRSPmonthly
stocksCRSPweeklyCRSP weekly stocks data for 294 stocks
stocksCRSPxtsSelect CRSP Stocks Returns
to_monthlyFunction to convert from daily to weekly returns.
to_weeklyFunction to convert from daily to weekly returns.
transferCoefTransfer Coefficent
tsPlotMPLattice Multi-Panel Time Series Plots
turnOverPortfolio Turnover
update_dev_pkgUpdate to Developer version on Github that have access to...
USTreasuryTradewebUSTreasuryTradeweb
winsorizeWinsorize Data
winsorMeanWinsorized Mean
PCRA documentation built on July 15, 2026, 9:06 a.m.