Release Notes for S+FinMetrics Version 1.0 (May 2002)

These Release Notes are current as of May 2002. For updates to the Release 
Notes that are made after this date and other useful information, please see
the Web site www.insightful.com/support/finmetrics10

S+FinMetrics Version 1.0 contains an updated version of S+GARCH
1.3. In particular, some S+GARCH bugs are now fixed in S+FinMetrics,
and the plots are updated using Trellis graphics.

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Contents of these Release Notes
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* SUPPORTED PLATFORMS AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
	* Windows-specific requirements
	* UNIX-specific requirements
* KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS RELEASE
* RUNNING S+FinMetrics

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SUPPORTED PLATFORMS AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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S+FinMetrics Version 1.0 requires S-Plus 6.1 Release 1 or later on
Microsoft Windows, Solaris and LINUX platforms.

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Windows-specific requirements:
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S+FinMetrics 1.0 for Windows is supported on the following:

     Windows 98, Windows ME
     Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 running on Intel platforms
     Windows XP Professional running on Intel platforms

S+FinMetrics IS NOT SUPPORTED UNDER WIN32S (that is, Windows 3.1x),
nor is it supported under Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 95.

The minimum recommended system configuration is the same as S+ 6.x for
Windows: Pentium II/233 with 96MB of RAM. You must have at least
15MB of free disk space for the typical installation.

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UNIX-specific requirements:
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S+FinMetrics 1.0 for UNIX is supported on the following:

	Solaris 2.6, 7, 8      

	Red Hat 6.1,6.2,7.0,7.2

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KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS RELEASE
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1. The ar(), tslag() and pdl() specifications are currently not allowed in
   SUR() and NLSUR().

2. All of the "timeSeries" objects included with S+FinMetrics were created
   using GMT time zone. So to produce the same results as in the book
   "Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS", one may need to set
   the time zone to GMT. For example:

   > options(time.zone="GMT")

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RUNNING S+FinMetrics
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From within S-PLUS, at the command line, enter:

> module(finmetrics)

In S-PLUS for Windows, you can also load FinMetrics by choosing File > 
Load Module > FinMetrics from the menus.