Dowd (version 0.12)

NormalESHotspots: Hotspots for normal ES

Description

Estimates the ES hotspots (or vector of incremental ESs) for a portfolio assuming individual asset returns are normally distributed, for specified confidence level and holding period.

Usage

NormalESHotspots(vc.matrix, mu, positions, cl, hp)

Arguments

vc.matrix

Variance covariance matrix for returns

mu

Vector of expected position returns

positions

Vector of positions

cl

Confidence level and is scalar

hp

Holding period and is scalar

Value

Hotspots for normal ES

References

Dowd, K. Measuring Market Risk, Wiley, 2007.

Examples

# Hotspots for ES for randomly generated portfolio
   vc.matrix <- matrix(rnorm(16),4,4)
   mu <- rnorm(4,.08,.04)
   positions <- c(5,2,6,10)
   cl <- .95
   hp <- 280
   NormalESHotspots(vc.matrix, mu, positions, cl, hp)