Data set containing the five factors described by famafrench15;textualCPAT, from the data library maintained by Kenneth French. Data ranges from July 1, 1963 to October 31, 2017.
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A data frame with 13679 rows and 6 variables:
Market excess returns
The risk-free rate of return
The return on a diversified portfolio of small stocks minus return on a diversified portfolio of big stocks
The return of a portfolio of stocks with a high book-to-market (B/M) ratio minus the return of a portfolio of stocks with a low B/M ratio
The return of a portfolio of stocks with robust profitability minus a portfolio of stocks with weak profitability
The return of a portfolio of stocks with conservative investment minus the return of a portfolio of stocks with aggressive investment
Row names are dates in YYYYMMDD format.