getreturns: Calculate returns or log-returns for multivariate time series

View source: R/getreturns.R

getreturnsR Documentation

Calculate returns or log-returns for multivariate time series

Description

Calculate returns or log-returns for multivariate time series

Usage

getreturns(x, type = c("basic", "log"))

Arguments

x

Multivariate time series

type

Type of return: basic return ("basic") or log-return ("log")

Value

The returns

Examples


returns <- getreturns(EuStockMarkets)
log_returns <- getreturns(EuStockMarkets,
                          type = "log")

par(mfrow=c(1, 3))
matplot(EuStockMarkets, type = 'l', main = "Closing Prices of \n European stocks (1991-1998)",
xlab = "time")
matplot(returns, type = 'l', main = "Returns", xlab = "time")
matplot(log_returns, type = 'l', main = "Log-returns", xlab = "time")


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