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How to calculate the JdK RS-Ratio

Anyone have a clue how to calculate the JdK RS-Ratio? Let's say I want to compare the Relative strength for these: EWA iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund EWC iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund EWD ...
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Monetary Policy and the Yield Curve PART TWO

The Fed has a number of tools/targets with which they manage monetary policy. I'm looking to refine a concise summary of them and looking for guidance/correction/validation. Think I understand these ...
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Matlab Neural Network data organization

I'm trying to train a NARX network using time series data. I've got 80 sets of data I'd like to train the network with. For clarification, one set of data comprises of 6 financial indicators of X ...
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What data sources are available online?

What sources of financial and economic data are available online? Which ones are free or cheap? What has your experience been like with these data sources?
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VAR FPCA analysis paper replication

I've been trying to replicate the following publication: toronto.edu/sjaimung/papers/VAR-FPCA.pdf but I havent been able to get the same results estimating the $\beta_{k}$ parameters. First, I got ...
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Calculate the 0.50 Beta of an Index

I am trying to come up with a benchmark 0.50 Beta S&P 500 Index. I have 1 year time series data of 500 constituents of the S&P 500 Index. Using the standard stock beta calculation method, ...
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Where can I get two to four years worth of historic data news for companies included in DJ and S&P?

Where can I get two to four years worth of historic data news for companies included in DJ and S&P? I mean not just prices historic data but also news. Preferably for free and in CSV or any ...
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How can you find change in working capital and capital expenditures without a balance sheet?

I'm working with the following information trying to work through a valuation exercise and I'm absolutely stuck. How can I find ∆WC and CAPX with this information?
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Calibration Merton Jump-Diffusion

Consider the following SDE $dV_t = rV_tdt +\sigma V_t dW_t + dJ_t$ where $J_t$ is a Compound poisson process with log-Normal jump size $Y_i$. How am I supposed to calibrate this model to CDS spreads?...
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Why closest weekly options have enormous Implied Vol.

I know weekly expiration cycle's Implied Vol. explodes prior to earnings, that is due to Theta and Expected move. But why does it happen on stocks that don't have earnings? ( let's say earnings will ...