PerformanceAnalytics (version 1.1.0)

apply.fromstart: calculate a function over an expanding window always starting from the beginning of the series

Description

A function to calculate a function over an expanding window from the start of the timeseries. This wrapper allows easy calculation of from inception statistics.

Usage

apply.fromstart(R, FUN = "mean", gap = 1, ...)

Arguments

R
an xts, vector, matrix, data frame, timeSeries or zoo object of asset returns
FUN
any function that can be evaluated using a single set of returns (e.g., rolling beta won't work, but Return.annualized will)
gap
the number of data points from the beginning of the series required to train the calculation
...
any other passthru parameters

See Also

rollapply

Examples

Run this code
data(managers)
apply.fromstart(managers[,1,drop=FALSE], FUN="mean", width=36)

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