gen_virtual_market: Generate virtual market

Description Usage Arguments Details Value References Examples

Description

generates a virtual market consisting of two assets, where one remains constant and the other doubles and halfs by turns.

Usage

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gen_virtual_market(t, ret = "x")

Arguments

t

number of periods

ret

return method: specifies whether returns (price relatives) (ret="x") or prices (ret="q") are returned

Details

The virtual market is often used to illustrate the idea of online portfolio selection algorithms. For details see Cover and Gluss 1986 and Li and Hoi 2014.

Value

Matrix with asset prices or returns (price relatives)

References

Li, B.; Hoi, S. Online Portfolio Selection: A Survey, ACM Comput. Surv., 2014

Cover, T. M.; Gluss, D.H. Empirical Bayes stock market portfolios, Advances in Applied Mathematics, 1986

Examples

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gen_virtual_market(10, ret="x")
gen_virtual_market(10, ret="q")

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