EIR                     Equivalent/proportional Interest Rates
EPS                     Basic Earnings Per Share
SFRatio                 Computing Roy's safety-first ratio
Sharpe.ratio            Computing Sharpe Ratio
bdy                     Computing bank discount yield (BDY) for a
                        T-bill
bdy2mmy                 Computing money market yield (MMY) for a T-bill
candlestickChart        Technical analysts - Candlestick chart: show
                        prices for each period as a continuous line.
                        The box is clear if the closing price is higher
                        than the opening price, or filled red if the
                        closing is lower than the opening price.
cash.ratio              cash ratio - Liquidity ratios measure the
                        firm's ability to satisfy its short-term
                        obligations as they come due.
coefficient.variation   Computing Coefficient of variation
cogs                    Cost of goods sold and ending inventory under
                        three methods (FIFO,LIFO,Weighted average)
current.ratio           current ratio - Liquidity ratios measure the
                        firm's ability to satisfy its short-term
                        obligations as they come due.
ddb                     Depreciation Expense Recognition -
                        double-declining balance (DDB), the most common
                        declining balance method, which applies two
                        times the straight-line rate to the declining
                        balance.
debt.ratio              debt ratio - Solvency ratios measure the firm's
                        ability to satisfy its long-term obligations.
diluted.EPS             diluted Earnings Per Share
discount.rate           Computing the rate of return for each period
ear                     Convert stated annual rate to the effective
                        annual rate
ear.continuous          Convert stated annual rate to the effective
                        annual rate with continuous compounding
ear2bey                 bond-equivalent yield (BEY), 2 x the semiannual
                        discount rate
ear2hpr                 Computing HPR, the holding period return
financial.leverage      financial leverage - Solvency ratios measure
                        the firm's ability to satisfy its long-term
                        obligations.
fv                      Estimate future value (fv)
fv.annuity              Estimate future value of an annuity
fv.simple               Estimate future value (fv) of a single sum
fv.uneven               Computing the future value of an uneven cash
                        flow series
geometric.mean          Geometric mean return
get.ohlc.google         Download stock prices from Google Finance
                        (open, high, low, close, volume)
get.ohlc.yahoo          Download stock prices from Yahoo Finance (open,
                        high, low, close, volume, adjusted)
get.ohlcs.google        Batch download stock prices from Google Finance
                        (open, high, low, close, volume)
get.ohlcs.yahoo         Batch download stock prices from Yahoo Finance
                        (open, high, low, close, volume, adjusted)
gpm                     gross profit margin - Evaluate a company's
                        financial performance
harmonic.mean           harmonic mean, average price
hpr                     Computing HPR, the holding period return
hpr2bey                 bond-equivalent yield (BEY), 2 x the semiannual
                        discount rate
hpr2ear                 Convert holding period return to the effective
                        annual rate
hpr2mmy                 Computing money market yield (MMY) for a T-bill
irr                     Computing IRR, the internal rate of return
irr2                    Computing IRR, the internal rate of return
iss                     calculate the net increase in common shares
                        from the potential exercise of stock options or
                        warrants
lineChart               Technical analysts - Line charts: show prices
                        for each period as a continuous line
lineChartMult           Technical analysts - Line charts: show prices
                        for each period as a continuous line for
                        multiple stocks
lt.d2e                  long-term debt-to-equity - Solvency ratios
                        measure the firm's ability to satisfy its
                        long-term obligations.
mmy2hpr                 Computing HPR, the holding period return
n.period                Estimate the number of periods
npm                     net profit margin - Evaluate a company's
                        financial performance
npv                     Computing NPV, the PV of the cash flows less
                        the initial (time = 0) outlay
pmt                     Estimate period payment
pv                      Estimate present value (pv)
pv.annuity              Estimate present value (pv) of an annuity
pv.perpetuity           Estimate present value of a perpetuity
pv.simple               Estimate present value (pv) of a single sum
pv.uneven               Computing the present value of an uneven cash
                        flow series
quick.ratio             quick ratio - Liquidity ratios measure the
                        firm's ability to satisfy its short-term
                        obligations as they come due.
r.continuous            Convert a given norminal rate to a continuous
                        compounded rate
r.norminal              Convert a given continuous compounded rate to a
                        norminal rate
r.perpetuity            Rate of return for a perpetuity
sampling.error          Computing Sampling error
slde                    Depreciation Expense Recognition -
                        Straight-line depreciation (SL) allocates an
                        equal amount of depreciation each year over the
                        asset's useful life
total.d2e               total debt-to-equity - Solvency ratios measure
                        the firm's ability to satisfy its long-term
                        obligations.
twrr                    Computing TWRR, the time-weighted rate of
                        return
volumeChart             Technical analysts - Volume charts: show each
                        period's volume as a vertical line
was                     calculate weighted average shares - weighted
                        average number of common shares
wpr                     Weighted mean as a portfolio return
