[Returnanalytics-commits] r3937 - pkg/Dowd/man

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Author: dacharya
Date: 2015-08-11 09:40:45 +0200 (Tue, 11 Aug 2015)
New Revision: 3937

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   pkg/Dowd/man/VarianceCovarianceES.Rd
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Function VarianceCovarianceES.R added

Added: pkg/Dowd/man/VarianceCovarianceES.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2 (4.1.1): do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/VarianceCovarianceES.R
+\name{VarianceCovarianceES}
+\alias{VarianceCovarianceES}
+\title{Variance-covariance ES for normally distributed returns}
+\usage{
+VarianceCovarianceES(vc.matrix, mu, positions, cl, hp)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{vc.matrix}{Variance covariance matrix for returns}
+
+\item{mu}{Vector of expected position returns}
+
+\item{positions}{Vector of positions}
+
+\item{cl}{Confidence level and is scalar}
+
+\item{hp}{Holding period and is scalar}
+}
+\description{
+Estimates the variance-covariance VaR of a
+portfolio assuming individual asset returns are normally distributed,
+for specified confidence level and holding period.
+}
+\examples{
+# Variance-covariance ES for randomly generated portfolio
+   vc.matrix <- matrix(rnorm(16), 4, 4)
+   mu <- rnorm(4)
+   positions <- c(5, 2, 6, 10)
+   cl <- .95
+   hp <- 280
+   VarianceCovarianceES(vc.matrix, mu, positions, cl, hp)
+}
+\author{
+Dinesh Acharya
+}
+\references{
+Dowd, K. Measuring Market Risk, Wiley, 2007.
+}
+