lifecycle

knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.path = "README-")
data(list = c("standards"), package = "GICS")

GICS packages the Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS) dataset for consumption in R. Install the development version from github using: devtools::install_github("bautheac/GICS").

The GICS is a standardized classification system for equities developed jointly by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's. The GICS methodology is used by the MSCI indexes, which include domestic and international stocks, as well as by a large portion of the professional investment management community. The GICS hierarchy begins with 11 sectors and is followed by 24 industry groups, 68 industries, and 157 sub-industries. Each stock that is classified will have a coding at all four of these levels.

The standards available in the standards dataset:

library(GICS)

head(standards)

finRes

Although GICS is self-contained it belongs to the finRes suite of packages where it helps with data wrangling and analysis.



bautheac/GICS documentation built on June 7, 2021, 11:23 p.m.