[R] EWMA in fMultivar

[davidr at rhotrading.com]

To calculate variance (assuming zero mean, as is usual), you would use
returns^2. 
You will have to examine the code by typing EWMA to see what it's doing
and how to change it. The code is clear enough that you could make your
own version to achieve what you want.
HTH,

David L. Reiner
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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:59 AM
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Subject: [R] EWMA in fMultivar


Hello, I would like to use the function EWMA() in the fMultivar Package
and I
have a series of data x, which is the returns series. Basically, I would
like to get the variance estimation using EWMA.

I am trying something like EWMA(x, lambda) and I have a couple of
questions:

 
Should x be the returns series or price series in my case?

When I get the result, there are the same numbers of data points as in
the
returns series. I was expecting there would be one less data points than
the
original data series, or are they one period lagged data?

Could anyone give me some advice? Many thanks

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