Goal

Examine how each asset contributes to portfolio standard deviation. This is to ensure that our risk is not concentrated in any one asset.

five stocks: “SPY”, “EFA”, “IJS”, “EEM”, “AGG” from 2012-12-31 to 2017-12-31

1 Import stock prices

2 Convert prices to returns

3 Component Contribution Step-by-Step

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##                      AGG           EEM           EFA          IJS           SPY
## 2013-01-31 -0.0062316551 -0.0029354222  0.0366062037  0.052133732  0.0499230718
## 2013-02-28  0.0058907548 -0.0231051588 -0.0129692061  0.016174891  0.0126779305
## 2013-03-28  0.0009850269 -0.0102352080  0.0129692061  0.040258320  0.0372681113
## 2013-04-30  0.0096396752  0.0120846801  0.0489677865  0.001222503  0.0190302759
## 2013-05-31 -0.0202138333 -0.0494834467 -0.0306555382  0.041976445  0.0233352820
## 2013-06-28 -0.0157785291 -0.0547281812 -0.0271445478 -0.001403367 -0.0134343231
## 2013-07-31  0.0026876340  0.0131597008  0.0518603537  0.063541626  0.0503857469
## 2013-08-30 -0.0082979505 -0.0257058602 -0.0197463914 -0.034743705 -0.0304508509
## 2013-09-30  0.0111437253  0.0695889719  0.0753385112  0.063873820  0.0311555894
## 2013-10-31  0.0082918617  0.0408613927  0.0320817453  0.034234317  0.0452664923
## 2013-11-29 -0.0025089217 -0.0025941820  0.0054496390  0.041660752  0.0292072359
## 2013-12-31 -0.0055837004 -0.0040741618  0.0215281014  0.012892061  0.0255962451
## 2014-01-31  0.0152918417 -0.0903224023 -0.0534133225 -0.035775154 -0.0358846868
## 2014-02-28  0.0037568462  0.0332201067  0.0595049838  0.045257598  0.0445102914
## 2014-03-31 -0.0014814199  0.0380220682 -0.0046025007  0.013315163  0.0082614669
## 2014-04-30  0.0081830548  0.0077726495  0.0165294580 -0.023184353  0.0069273136
## 2014-05-30  0.0117211251  0.0290908861  0.0158284553  0.006205631  0.0229411849
## 2014-06-30 -0.0005759558  0.0237340514  0.0091654429  0.037718471  0.0204346984
## 2014-07-31 -0.0025115552  0.0135556258 -0.0263800316 -0.052009337 -0.0135284920
## 2014-08-29  0.0114306567  0.0279046178  0.0018003564  0.043657933  0.0387045792
## 2014-09-30 -0.0061672703 -0.0808568044 -0.0395983315 -0.061260521 -0.0138923025
## 2014-10-31  0.0105848483  0.0140966491 -0.0026547278  0.068874854  0.0232775445
## 2014-11-28  0.0065484085 -0.0155413696  0.0006253064  0.004773575  0.0271015391
## 2014-12-31  0.0014748582 -0.0404420590 -0.0407467669  0.025295766 -0.0025397328
## 2015-01-30  0.0203152063 -0.0068956998  0.0062266715 -0.054628025 -0.0300771149
## 2015-02-27 -0.0089873654  0.0431360321  0.0614503653  0.056914665  0.0546816792
## 2015-03-31  0.0037396357 -0.0150863650 -0.0143886912  0.010156689 -0.0158300269
## 2015-04-30 -0.0032332954  0.0662812915  0.0358165924 -0.018417809  0.0097860649
## 2015-05-29 -0.0043835916 -0.0419108359  0.0019526185  0.007509937  0.0127741444
## 2015-06-30 -0.0108253425 -0.0297467851 -0.0316788464  0.004171417 -0.0205214048
## 2015-07-31  0.0085846395 -0.0651782553  0.0201144831 -0.027375478  0.0223379434
## 2015-08-31 -0.0033633400 -0.0925121950 -0.0771523528 -0.047268441 -0.0628867614
## 2015-09-30  0.0080811856 -0.0318247731 -0.0451949032 -0.038464608 -0.0258469120
## 2015-10-30  0.0006852839  0.0618081720  0.0640259263  0.063589500  0.0816351047
## 2015-11-30 -0.0038980834 -0.0255604196 -0.0075558630  0.024415113  0.0036483839
## 2015-12-31 -0.0019185707 -0.0389471022 -0.0235952440 -0.052156815 -0.0174338815
## 2016-01-29  0.0123295421 -0.0516367176 -0.0567577056 -0.060306851 -0.0510685335
## 2016-02-29  0.0088316507 -0.0082115806 -0.0339139922  0.020605179 -0.0008263966
## 2016-03-31  0.0087087394  0.1218790120  0.0637458825  0.089910420  0.0651000990
## 2016-04-29  0.0025460918  0.0040794006  0.0219750404  0.021044099  0.0039337106
## 2016-05-31  0.0001356852 -0.0376286833 -0.0008561489  0.004397250  0.0168685320
## 2016-06-30  0.0191669028  0.0445825140 -0.0244913638  0.008292162  0.0034698408
## 2016-07-29  0.0054296792  0.0524420803  0.0390000020  0.049348576  0.0358217871
## 2016-08-31 -0.0021566191  0.0087984034  0.0053270322  0.011260927  0.0011966870
## 2016-09-30  0.0005162381  0.0248730372  0.0132790819  0.008614681  0.0000582738
## 2016-10-31 -0.0082056187 -0.0083120224 -0.0224036854 -0.038134706 -0.0174892507
## 2016-11-30 -0.0259898225 -0.0451619535 -0.0179744392  0.125246080  0.0361762256
## 2016-12-30  0.0025382815 -0.0025300063  0.0267028685  0.031492152  0.0200690500
## 2017-01-31  0.0021264319  0.0644313946  0.0323818409 -0.012144047  0.0177364439
## 2017-02-28  0.0064377992  0.0172579327  0.0118364457  0.013428988  0.0385392318
## 2017-03-31 -0.0005527346  0.0361889260  0.0318057581 -0.006533282  0.0012490298
## 2017-04-28  0.0090292586  0.0168663793  0.0239522284  0.005107939  0.0098773713
## 2017-05-31  0.0068472198  0.0280598590  0.0348101417 -0.022862779  0.0140144061
## 2017-06-30 -0.0001827094  0.0092236764  0.0029559199  0.029151704  0.0063546462
## 2017-07-31  0.0033345755  0.0565946646  0.0261881167  0.007481694  0.0203456415
## 2017-08-31  0.0093691455  0.0232437207 -0.0004484897 -0.027564671  0.0029135352
## 2017-09-29 -0.0057322232 -0.0004460976  0.0233428581  0.082321698  0.0199492172
## 2017-10-31  0.0009780400  0.0322784411  0.0166535066  0.005915878  0.0232905929
## 2017-11-30 -0.0014841701 -0.0038969361  0.0068700936  0.036913405  0.0301079992
## 2017-12-29  0.0047404173  0.0369253499  0.0133983344 -0.003731148  0.0120549004
##               AGG          EEM          EFA           IJS           SPY
## AGG  7.398340e-05 0.0001042099 4.178242e-05 -7.812004e-05 -9.031898e-06
## EEM  1.042099e-04 0.0017547097 1.039016e-03  6.437740e-04  6.795412e-04
## EFA  4.178242e-05 0.0010390158 1.064237e-03  6.490309e-04  6.975398e-04
## IJS -7.812004e-05 0.0006437740 6.490309e-04  1.565450e-03  8.290248e-04
## SPY -9.031898e-06 0.0006795412 6.975398e-04  8.290248e-04  7.408276e-04
##           [,1]
## [1,] 0.0234749
##               AGG         EEM         EFA         IJS         SPY
## [1,] 0.0003874097 0.009257141 0.005815633 0.005684473 0.002330246
## [1] 0.0234749
## # A tibble: 1 × 5
##     AGG   EEM   EFA   IJS   SPY
##   <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 0.017 0.394 0.248 0.242 0.099
## # A tibble: 5 × 2
##   asset contribution
##   <chr>        <dbl>
## 1 AGG          0.017
## 2 EEM          0.394
## 3 EFA          0.248
## 4 IJS          0.242
## 5 SPY          0.099

4 Component Contribution with a Custom Function

##                      AGG           EEM           EFA          IJS           SPY
## 2013-01-31 -0.0062316551 -0.0029354222  0.0366062037  0.052133732  0.0499230718
## 2013-02-28  0.0058907548 -0.0231051588 -0.0129692061  0.016174891  0.0126779305
## 2013-03-28  0.0009850269 -0.0102352080  0.0129692061  0.040258320  0.0372681113
## 2013-04-30  0.0096396752  0.0120846801  0.0489677865  0.001222503  0.0190302759
## 2013-05-31 -0.0202138333 -0.0494834467 -0.0306555382  0.041976445  0.0233352820
## 2013-06-28 -0.0157785291 -0.0547281812 -0.0271445478 -0.001403367 -0.0134343231
## 2013-07-31  0.0026876340  0.0131597008  0.0518603537  0.063541626  0.0503857469
## 2013-08-30 -0.0082979505 -0.0257058602 -0.0197463914 -0.034743705 -0.0304508509
## 2013-09-30  0.0111437253  0.0695889719  0.0753385112  0.063873820  0.0311555894
## 2013-10-31  0.0082918617  0.0408613927  0.0320817453  0.034234317  0.0452664923
## 2013-11-29 -0.0025089217 -0.0025941820  0.0054496390  0.041660752  0.0292072359
## 2013-12-31 -0.0055837004 -0.0040741618  0.0215281014  0.012892061  0.0255962451
## 2014-01-31  0.0152918417 -0.0903224023 -0.0534133225 -0.035775154 -0.0358846868
## 2014-02-28  0.0037568462  0.0332201067  0.0595049838  0.045257598  0.0445102914
## 2014-03-31 -0.0014814199  0.0380220682 -0.0046025007  0.013315163  0.0082614669
## 2014-04-30  0.0081830548  0.0077726495  0.0165294580 -0.023184353  0.0069273136
## 2014-05-30  0.0117211251  0.0290908861  0.0158284553  0.006205631  0.0229411849
## 2014-06-30 -0.0005759558  0.0237340514  0.0091654429  0.037718471  0.0204346984
## 2014-07-31 -0.0025115552  0.0135556258 -0.0263800316 -0.052009337 -0.0135284920
## 2014-08-29  0.0114306567  0.0279046178  0.0018003564  0.043657933  0.0387045792
## 2014-09-30 -0.0061672703 -0.0808568044 -0.0395983315 -0.061260521 -0.0138923025
## 2014-10-31  0.0105848483  0.0140966491 -0.0026547278  0.068874854  0.0232775445
## 2014-11-28  0.0065484085 -0.0155413696  0.0006253064  0.004773575  0.0271015391
## 2014-12-31  0.0014748582 -0.0404420590 -0.0407467669  0.025295766 -0.0025397328
## 2015-01-30  0.0203152063 -0.0068956998  0.0062266715 -0.054628025 -0.0300771149
## 2015-02-27 -0.0089873654  0.0431360321  0.0614503653  0.056914665  0.0546816792
## 2015-03-31  0.0037396357 -0.0150863650 -0.0143886912  0.010156689 -0.0158300269
## 2015-04-30 -0.0032332954  0.0662812915  0.0358165924 -0.018417809  0.0097860649
## 2015-05-29 -0.0043835916 -0.0419108359  0.0019526185  0.007509937  0.0127741444
## 2015-06-30 -0.0108253425 -0.0297467851 -0.0316788464  0.004171417 -0.0205214048
## 2015-07-31  0.0085846395 -0.0651782553  0.0201144831 -0.027375478  0.0223379434
## 2015-08-31 -0.0033633400 -0.0925121950 -0.0771523528 -0.047268441 -0.0628867614
## 2015-09-30  0.0080811856 -0.0318247731 -0.0451949032 -0.038464608 -0.0258469120
## 2015-10-30  0.0006852839  0.0618081720  0.0640259263  0.063589500  0.0816351047
## 2015-11-30 -0.0038980834 -0.0255604196 -0.0075558630  0.024415113  0.0036483839
## 2015-12-31 -0.0019185707 -0.0389471022 -0.0235952440 -0.052156815 -0.0174338815
## 2016-01-29  0.0123295421 -0.0516367176 -0.0567577056 -0.060306851 -0.0510685335
## 2016-02-29  0.0088316507 -0.0082115806 -0.0339139922  0.020605179 -0.0008263966
## 2016-03-31  0.0087087394  0.1218790120  0.0637458825  0.089910420  0.0651000990
## 2016-04-29  0.0025460918  0.0040794006  0.0219750404  0.021044099  0.0039337106
## 2016-05-31  0.0001356852 -0.0376286833 -0.0008561489  0.004397250  0.0168685320
## 2016-06-30  0.0191669028  0.0445825140 -0.0244913638  0.008292162  0.0034698408
## 2016-07-29  0.0054296792  0.0524420803  0.0390000020  0.049348576  0.0358217871
## 2016-08-31 -0.0021566191  0.0087984034  0.0053270322  0.011260927  0.0011966870
## 2016-09-30  0.0005162381  0.0248730372  0.0132790819  0.008614681  0.0000582738
## 2016-10-31 -0.0082056187 -0.0083120224 -0.0224036854 -0.038134706 -0.0174892507
## 2016-11-30 -0.0259898225 -0.0451619535 -0.0179744392  0.125246080  0.0361762256
## 2016-12-30  0.0025382815 -0.0025300063  0.0267028685  0.031492152  0.0200690500
## 2017-01-31  0.0021264319  0.0644313946  0.0323818409 -0.012144047  0.0177364439
## 2017-02-28  0.0064377992  0.0172579327  0.0118364457  0.013428988  0.0385392318
## 2017-03-31 -0.0005527346  0.0361889260  0.0318057581 -0.006533282  0.0012490298
## 2017-04-28  0.0090292586  0.0168663793  0.0239522284  0.005107939  0.0098773713
## 2017-05-31  0.0068472198  0.0280598590  0.0348101417 -0.022862779  0.0140144061
## 2017-06-30 -0.0001827094  0.0092236764  0.0029559199  0.029151704  0.0063546462
## 2017-07-31  0.0033345755  0.0565946646  0.0261881167  0.007481694  0.0203456415
## 2017-08-31  0.0093691455  0.0232437207 -0.0004484897 -0.027564671  0.0029135352
## 2017-09-29 -0.0057322232 -0.0004460976  0.0233428581  0.082321698  0.0199492172
## 2017-10-31  0.0009780400  0.0322784411  0.0166535066  0.005915878  0.0232905929
## 2017-11-30 -0.0014841701 -0.0038969361  0.0068700936  0.036913405  0.0301079992
## 2017-12-29  0.0047404173  0.0369253499  0.0133983344 -0.003731148  0.0120549004
## # A tibble: 1 × 5
##     AGG   EEM   EFA   IJS   SPY
##   <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 0.017 0.394 0.248 0.242 0.099

5 Visualizing Component Contribution

6 Column Chart of Component Contribution and Weight