Apply it to your data 4

Which of your stock beat the market in 2022?

1 Import stock prices of your choice

2 Convert prices to returns by quarterly

## # A tibble: 12 × 3
## # Groups:   asset [3]
##    asset data        returns
##    <chr> <date>        <dbl>
##  1 SOXX  2022-03-31 -0.154  
##  2 SOXX  2022-06-30 -0.301  
##  3 SOXX  2022-09-30 -0.0871 
##  4 SOXX  2022-12-30  0.0906 
##  5 TKR   2022-03-31 -0.126  
##  6 TKR   2022-06-30 -0.129  
##  7 TKR   2022-09-30  0.112  
##  8 TKR   2022-12-30  0.184  
##  9 VTV   2022-03-31  0.00575
## 10 VTV   2022-06-30 -0.107  
## 11 VTV   2022-09-30 -0.0591 
## 12 VTV   2022-12-30  0.136

3 Make plot

4 Interpret the plot

VTV is a market index fund, so it has much less return volatility. TKR & SOXX are much more frequently creating negative returns over 2022 because of geopolitical tensions in the energy and technology sectors caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

TKR has the highest maximum return, and SOXX has the lowest, although they aren’t likely to generate those returns because the frequency is very low and the bell curve is very wide.