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sterling

Sterling Ratio


Description

This function computes the Sterling ratio of the univariate time series (or vector) x.

Usage

sterling(x)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector or univariate time series corresponding to a portfolio's cumulated returns.

Details

The Sterling ratio is defined as a portfolio's overall return divided by the portfolio's maxdrawdown statistic. In finance the Sterling Ratio represents a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted return.

Value

a double representing the Sterling ratio.

Author(s)

A. Trapletti

See Also

Examples

data(EuStockMarkets)
dax <- log(EuStockMarkets[,"DAX"])
ftse <- log(EuStockMarkets[,"FTSE"])
sterling(dax)
sterling(ftse)

tseries

Time Series Analysis and Computational Finance

v0.10-48
GPL-2
Authors
Adrian Trapletti [aut], Kurt Hornik [aut, cre], Blake LeBaron [ctb] (BDS test code)
Initial release

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