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How to use EViewsUnit 1
Create a workfile and import the data
Outline:
- Create a workfile
- Import the data
- OLS analysis (OLS = ordinary least square)
Reading: Brooks 3ed Example 3.1 (p.81~84)
Data: Fund_XXXseries form Fund workfile (Fund.wf1)
Create a new workfile :
File New Workfile
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Import the data :
To import an xlsx file into your workfileuse File Import Import from
file...
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The Read Text-Lotus-Excel only reads text, lotus and .xls excel files.
The file contains two columns of numbers without header, so the data start in cell
A1and in the Names for series or Number if named in file box, type
fund_XXX index.
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Estimate a regression model
In the CAPM framework, the regression model is
t t ty x
Where :
ty : the excess return on fund_XXX =
,XXX t tr rf
tx : the excess return on market index = t trm rf
Choose 2 variables and open an Equation.
Freeze : Create a output.