rMorningStar (version 1.0.6)

ms.stdev: ms.stdev

Description

MorningStar 3-yr Standard Deviation

Usage

ms.stdev(ticker)

Arguments

ticker

Enter the TICKER for the security

Value

Returns the Standard Deviation of the Security as Calculated by MorningStar.

Details

Morningstar's reported standard deviation of fund returns uses both the monthly standard deviation and monthly mean return to compute an annualized value, assuming compounding of the monthly returns and zero serial correlation.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
ms.stdev('AAPL')
# }