sp500                  package:plus                  R Documentation

_s_p_5_0_0

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'sp500' datafile contains a year's worth of close-of-day data
     for most of the Standard and Poors 500 stocks. The data is in
     reverse chronological order,  with the top row being Dec 31st,
     2008.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     sp500

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data file contains the following items:

     _s_p_5_0_0._2_0_0_8 The raw close-of-day data. The first column is of the
          DJIA index, the second is the S&P 500 index, the rest are
          individual labeled stocks.

     _s_p_5_0_0._d_i_f_f The daily difference.

     _s_p_5_0_0._p_e_r_c_e_n_t The daily percentage change.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The goal can be to estimate either index using the individual
     stocks.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     This database was generated using data available
     http://finance.yahoo.com .

