Welcome to the S+FinMetrics 2.0 Support Page!

Thanks for installing S+FinMetrics. Look here to find the latest news and information designed to make your S+FinMetrics experience more rewarding.

The latest version of S+FinMetrics is:
S+FinMetrics 2.0.2

Note: S-PLUS 7.0 ships with S+FinMetrics 2.0.1, but you can download S+FinMetrics 2.0.2.

Information on this page relates to this version. You can check the version you have by typing version.finmetrics at the command line after loading the S+FinMetrics module.

Information on the previous release is also available.

Getting Started

Please read the Release Notes for S+FinMetrics 2.0.2. This includes information about improvements and new features in this release. (Release Notes for S+FinMetrics 2.0.1)

Before you start using S+FinMetrics, take a look at the function index at the front of the S+FinMetrics Reference Guide. This will give you an overview of the categories of function available in S+FinMetrics. Detailed information about individual functions can be found in the remainder of the guide, listed alphabetically by function name.

If you're new to S-PLUS as well as S+FinMetrics, read through Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS for a gentle introduction to programming financial analytics. Later chapters of the book give detailed background and examples for the analytic methods included in S+FinMetrics.

The book Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS is included with S+FinMetrics, and a PDF version is available on your S+FinMetrics CD-ROM and in the S+FinMetrics installation folder as the file manual.pdf. Note: this PDF file cannot be printed. Additional copies of the book may be purchased from Insightful.

Featured Links

S+FinMetrics 2.0.2 patch is available. This update will change S+FinMetrics 2.0.1 to S+FinMetrics 2.0.2. Do not use this update with earlier versions of S+FinMetrics.

See the S+FinMetrics FAQ for a list of frequently-asked questions and answers.

Download the script files for the examples from the book Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS.

Eric Zivot maintains a web page with information related to the book Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS.

Contacts and Feedback

For questions about your S+FinMetrics license,
please call 02 9233 6888 or email enquiries@solutionmetrics.com.au

Need help with S-PLUS? See the support page for information on how to contact a local technical support engineer.