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.

Information on this page relates to S+FinMetrics 2.0.2. Please note: S+FinMetrics 2.0.2 has been superseded by a later release. Click here for information about the latest version.

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.

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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-PLUS license, please contact an S-PLUS sales representative in your country.

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

If you would like to make a suggestion for an enhancement to S-PLUS or would like to report a bug, please email bugs@insightful.com.