I think I know the reason behind the difference. When a vector of returns
(x) is passed to the function sharpe(tseries), it returns the sharpe of *
diff(x)* and not *x*. I'm not sure why the function was constructed in this
manner. Shouldnt the formula of annualized sharpe me Mean*Sqrt(253)/SD, for
a daily return series?
Thanks for your help.
-Nandi

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Subhrangshu Nandi <nands31@gmail.com>wrote:

> Does anyone know what formula the function "sharpe" in package "tseries"
> uses?If we have daily observations as follows:
>
> 1/2/2007 0 1/3/2007 -87.8269 1/4/2007 -214.031 1/5/2007 -295.833 1/8/2007
> -125.284 1/9/2007 213.2553 1/10/2007 -106.514 1/11/2007 -298.365 1/12/2007
> -333.594 1/15/2007 -61.0625 1/16/2007 -346.113 1/17/2007 -505.241 1/18/2007
> 139.586 1/19/2007 -312.135 1/22/2007 -176.663 1/23/2007 -256.924 1/24/2007
> -469.091 1/25/2007 -426.754 1/26/2007 -367.663 1/29/2007 -186.82 1/30/2007
> -1257.42 1/31/2007 -411.755 1/2/2008 -1082.18 1/3/2008 -661.405 1/4/2008
> 699.0845 1/7/2008 -1862.33 1/8/2008 -92.5218 1/9/2008 121.3522 1/10/2008
> -505.142 1/11/2008 54.88142 1/14/2008 -208.322 1/15/2008 -324.522 1/16/2008
> -157.523 1/17/2008 220.3509 1/18/2008 -419.522 1/21/2008 816.2032 1/22/2008
> -5523.15 1/23/2008 -6.2435 1/24/2008 -2015.79 1/25/2008 -758.78 1/28/2008
> -834.751 1/29/2008 -558.338 1/30/2008 -1736.82 1/31/2008 -939.335
>
> Mean -492.297 SD 960.0048
> Annualized Sharpe should be Mean*sqrt(253)/SD = -8.1569. However, the
> function "sharpe" yields -0.22784. Could anyone tell me what I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
> -Nandi
>
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>
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