# Load packages
library(tidyquant)
library(tidyverse)

# Import stock prices and calculate returns
returns_quarterly <- c("^DJI", "^GSPC", "^IXIC") %>%
    tq_get(get  = "stock.prices",
           from = "1990-01-01",
           to   = "2020-11-01") %>%
    group_by(symbol) %>%
    tq_transmute(select     = adjusted,
                 mutate_fun = quarterlyReturn)
returns_quarterly
## # A tibble: 372 x 3
## # Groups:   symbol [3]
##    symbol date       quarterly.returns
##    <chr>  <date>                 <dbl>
##  1 ^DJI   1990-03-30          -0.0366 
##  2 ^DJI   1990-06-29           0.0641 
##  3 ^DJI   1990-09-28          -0.149  
##  4 ^DJI   1990-12-31           0.0739 
##  5 ^DJI   1991-03-28           0.106  
##  6 ^DJI   1991-06-28          -0.00244
##  7 ^DJI   1991-09-30           0.0378 
##  8 ^DJI   1991-12-31           0.0504 
##  9 ^DJI   1992-03-31           0.0210 
## 10 ^DJI   1992-06-30           0.0257 
## # ... with 362 more rows
# See options for the `performance_fun` argument
tq_performance_fun_options()
## $table.funs
##  [1] "table.AnnualizedReturns" "table.Arbitrary"        
##  [3] "table.Autocorrelation"   "table.CAPM"             
##  [5] "table.CaptureRatios"     "table.Correlation"      
##  [7] "table.Distributions"     "table.DownsideRisk"     
##  [9] "table.DownsideRiskRatio" "table.DrawdownsRatio"   
## [11] "table.HigherMoments"     "table.InformationRatio" 
## [13] "table.RollingPeriods"    "table.SFM"              
## [15] "table.SpecificRisk"      "table.Stats"            
## [17] "table.TrailingPeriods"   "table.UpDownRatios"     
## [19] "table.Variability"      
## 
## $CAPM.funs
##  [1] "CAPM.alpha"       "CAPM.beta"        "CAPM.beta.bear"   "CAPM.beta.bull"  
##  [5] "CAPM.CML"         "CAPM.CML.slope"   "CAPM.dynamic"     "CAPM.epsilon"    
##  [9] "CAPM.jensenAlpha" "CAPM.RiskPremium" "CAPM.SML.slope"   "TimingRatio"     
## [13] "MarketTiming"    
## 
## $SFM.funs
## [1] "SFM.alpha"       "SFM.beta"        "SFM.CML"         "SFM.CML.slope"  
## [5] "SFM.dynamic"     "SFM.epsilon"     "SFM.jensenAlpha"
## 
## $descriptive.funs
## [1] "mean"           "sd"             "min"            "max"           
## [5] "cor"            "mean.geometric" "mean.stderr"    "mean.LCL"      
## [9] "mean.UCL"      
## 
## $annualized.funs
## [1] "Return.annualized"        "Return.annualized.excess"
## [3] "sd.annualized"            "SharpeRatio.annualized"  
## 
## $VaR.funs
## [1] "VaR"  "ES"   "ETL"  "CDD"  "CVaR"
## 
## $moment.funs
##  [1] "var"              "cov"              "skewness"         "kurtosis"        
##  [5] "CoVariance"       "CoSkewness"       "CoSkewnessMatrix" "CoKurtosis"      
##  [9] "CoKurtosisMatrix" "M3.MM"            "M4.MM"            "BetaCoVariance"  
## [13] "BetaCoSkewness"   "BetaCoKurtosis"  
## 
## $drawdown.funs
## [1] "AverageDrawdown"   "AverageLength"     "AverageRecovery"  
## [4] "DrawdownDeviation" "DrawdownPeak"      "maxDrawdown"      
## 
## $Bacon.risk.funs
## [1] "MeanAbsoluteDeviation" "Frequency"             "SharpeRatio"          
## [4] "MSquared"              "MSquaredExcess"        "HurstIndex"           
## 
## $Bacon.regression.funs
##  [1] "CAPM.alpha"       "CAPM.beta"        "CAPM.epsilon"     "CAPM.jensenAlpha"
##  [5] "SystematicRisk"   "SpecificRisk"     "TotalRisk"        "TreynorRatio"    
##  [9] "AppraisalRatio"   "FamaBeta"         "Selectivity"      "NetSelectivity"  
## 
## $Bacon.relative.risk.funs
## [1] "ActivePremium"    "ActiveReturn"     "TrackingError"    "InformationRatio"
## 
## $Bacon.drawdown.funs
## [1] "PainIndex"     "PainRatio"     "CalmarRatio"   "SterlingRatio"
## [5] "BurkeRatio"    "MartinRatio"   "UlcerIndex"   
## 
## $Bacon.downside.risk.funs
##  [1] "DownsideDeviation"     "DownsidePotential"     "DownsideFrequency"    
##  [4] "SemiDeviation"         "SemiVariance"          "UpsideRisk"           
##  [7] "UpsidePotentialRatio"  "UpsideFrequency"       "BernardoLedoitRatio"  
## [10] "DRatio"                "Omega"                 "OmegaSharpeRatio"     
## [13] "OmegaExcessReturn"     "SortinoRatio"          "M2Sortino"            
## [16] "Kappa"                 "VolatilitySkewness"    "AdjustedSharpeRatio"  
## [19] "SkewnessKurtosisRatio" "ProspectRatio"        
## 
## $misc.funs
## [1] "KellyRatio"   "Modigliani"   "UpDownRatios"

Q1 Create a density plot for the returns of the given stocks.

Hint: Refer to the ggplot2 cheatsheet. Look for geom_density under One Variable. Use the fill argument to create the plot per each stock.

returns_quarterly %>%
  ggplot(aes(x=quarterly.returns, fill= symbol)) +
  geom_density(alpha = 0.3)

Q2 Which stock has higher expected quarterly return?

Hint: Discuss your answer in terms of the mean. Take returns_quarterly and pipe it to tidyquant::tq_performance. Use the performance_fun argument to compute the mean.

Stock GSPC has the highest expected quarterly return.

Q3 Which stock is riskier?

Hint: Discuss your answer in terms of the standard deviation. Take returns_quarterly and pipe it to tidyquant::tq_performance. Use the performance_fun argument to compute sd (standard deviation).

# Compute standard deviation
returns_quarterly %>%
    tq_performance(Ra = quarterly.returns,
                   Rb = NULL, # Calculataing downside risk measures doesn't require Rb
                   performance_fun = sd)
## # A tibble: 3 x 2
## # Groups:   symbol [3]
##   symbol   sd.1
##   <chr>   <dbl>
## 1 ^DJI   0.0762
## 2 ^GSPC  0.0794
## 3 ^IXIC  0.122

Stock DJI has the highest standard deviation which makes it the riskiest investment.

Q4 Is the standard deviation enough as a risk measure? Or do you need additional downside risk measurements? Why? Or why not?

Hint: Discuss your answer in terms of the skewness and the kurtosis. Take returns_quarterly and pipe it to tidyquant::tq_performance. Use the performance_fun argument to compute the skewness. Do the same for the kurtosis.

returns_quarterly %>%
    tq_performance(Ra = quarterly.returns,
                   Rb = NULL, # Calculataing downside risk measures doesn't require Rb
                   performance_fun = table.DownsideRisk) %>%
  t()
##                                          [,1]      [,2]      [,3]     
## symbol                                   "^DJI"    "^GSPC"   "^IXIC"  
## DownsideDeviation(0%)                    "0.0492"  "0.0512"  "0.0734" 
## DownsideDeviation(MAR=3.33333333333333%) "0.0528"  "0.0548"  "0.0770" 
## DownsideDeviation(Rf=0%)                 "0.0492"  "0.0512"  "0.0734" 
## GainDeviation                            "0.0428"  "0.0463"  "0.0814" 
## HistoricalES(95%)                        "-0.1664" "-0.1686" "-0.2565"
## HistoricalVaR(95%)                       "-0.1235" "-0.1394" "-0.1954"
## LossDeviation                            "0.0596"  "0.0621"  "0.0882" 
## MaximumDrawdown                          "0.4524"  "0.4774"  "0.7437" 
## ModifiedES(95%)                          "-0.1658" "-0.1724" "-0.2550"
## ModifiedVaR(95%)                         "-0.1175" "-0.1207" "-0.1658"
## SemiDeviation                            "0.0587"  "0.0607"  "0.0885"

Standard deviation is not enough to calculate risk because downside factors such as historical analysis and loss deviation can also be telltale signs of a bad investment. These can both be shown by charts in the past.

Q5 Calculate the downside risk measures. Which stock has the greatest downside risk? Discuss HistoricalES(95%), HistoricalVaR(95%), and SemiDeviation.

Hint: Take returns_quarterly and pipe it to tidyquant::tq_performance. Use the performance_fun argument to compute table.DownsideRisk.

returns_quarterly %>%
    tq_performance(Ra = quarterly.returns,
                   Rb = NULL, # Calculating downside risk measures doesn't require Rb
                   performance_fun = table.DownsideRisk) %>%
  t()
##                                          [,1]      [,2]      [,3]     
## symbol                                   "^DJI"    "^GSPC"   "^IXIC"  
## DownsideDeviation(0%)                    "0.0492"  "0.0512"  "0.0734" 
## DownsideDeviation(MAR=3.33333333333333%) "0.0528"  "0.0548"  "0.0770" 
## DownsideDeviation(Rf=0%)                 "0.0492"  "0.0512"  "0.0734" 
## GainDeviation                            "0.0428"  "0.0463"  "0.0814" 
## HistoricalES(95%)                        "-0.1664" "-0.1686" "-0.2565"
## HistoricalVaR(95%)                       "-0.1235" "-0.1394" "-0.1954"
## LossDeviation                            "0.0596"  "0.0621"  "0.0882" 
## MaximumDrawdown                          "0.4524"  "0.4774"  "0.7437" 
## ModifiedES(95%)                          "-0.1658" "-0.1724" "-0.2550"
## ModifiedVaR(95%)                         "-0.1175" "-0.1207" "-0.1658"
## SemiDeviation                            "0.0587"  "0.0607"  "0.0885"

DJI has the lowest overall risk because it has the lowest calculated risk in all 3 catagories.

Q6 Which stock would you choose? Calculate and interpret the Sharpe Ratio.

Hint: Assume that the risk free rate is zero and 95% confidence level. Note that the Sharpe Ratios are calculated using different risk measures: ES, VaR and semideviation. Make your argument based on all three Sharpe Ratios.

returns_quarterly %>%
    tq_performance(Ra = quarterly.returns,
                   Rb = NULL, # Calculating downside risk measures doesn't require Rb
                   performance_fun = SharpeRatio)
## # A tibble: 3 x 4
## # Groups:   symbol [3]
##   symbol `ESSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95%~ `StdDevSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95~ `VaRSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95~
##   <chr>                   <dbl>                     <dbl>                  <dbl>
## 1 ^DJI                    0.128                     0.278                  0.181
## 2 ^GSPC                   0.123                     0.266                  0.175
## 3 ^IXIC                   0.131                     0.273                  0.201

I would invest in IXIC because it has by far the highest Sharpe ratio.

Q7 Redo Q6 at the 99% confidence level instead of the 95% confidence level. Which stock would you choose now? Is your answer different from Q6? Why? Or why not?

Hint: Google tq_performance(). Discuss in terms of ES, VaR and semideviation and their differences between 95% and 99%.

returns_quarterly %>%
    tq_performance(Ra = quarterly.returns,
                   Rb = NULL, # Calculating downside risk measures doesn't require Rb
                   performance_fun = SharpeRatio)
## # A tibble: 3 x 4
## # Groups:   symbol [3]
##   symbol `ESSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95%~ `StdDevSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95~ `VaRSharpe(Rf=0%,p=95~
##   <chr>                   <dbl>                     <dbl>                  <dbl>
## 1 ^DJI                    0.128                     0.278                  0.181
## 2 ^GSPC                   0.123                     0.266                  0.175
## 3 ^IXIC                   0.131                     0.273                  0.201

Even with the 99% confidence level I would still make the same investment simply due to the low risk and high return.

Q8 Hide the messages, but display the code and its results on the webpage.

Hint: Use message, echo and results in the chunk options. Refer to the RMarkdown Reference Guide.

Q9 Display the title and your name correctly at the top of the webpage.

Q10 Use the correct slug.