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install.packages(&quot;quantmod&quot;)<br>
</code></p>
<p>and load it into the session using the following code:</p>
<p><code><br>
library(&quot;quantmod&quot;)<br>
</code></p>
<p>before proceeding.</p>
<p>Answers to the exercises are available <a target="_blank" href="http://r-exercises.com/2016/08/31/fundamental-and-technical-analysis-of-shares-solutions/">here</a>.</p>
<p>If you have a different solution, feel free to post it.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 1</strong></p>
<p>Load FB (Facebook) market data from Yahoo and assign it to an xts object <code>fb.p</code>.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 2</strong></p>
<p>Display monthly closing prices of Facebook in 2015.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 3</strong></p>
<p>Plot weekly returns of FB in 2016.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 4</strong></p>
<p>Plot a candlestick chart of FB in 2016.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 5</strong></p>
<p>Plot a line chart of FB in 2016., and add boilinger bands and a Relative Strength index to the chart.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 6</strong></p>
<p>Get yesterday’s EUR/USD rate.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 7</strong></p>
<p>Get financial data for FB and display it.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise 8</strong></p>
<p>Calculate the current ratio for FB for years 2013, 2014 and 2015. <i>(Tip: You can calculate the current ratio when you divide current assets with current liabilities from the balance sheet.)</i></p>
<p><strong>Exercise 9</strong></p>
<p>Based on the last closing price and income statement for 12 months ending on December 31th 2015, Calculate the PE ratio for FB. <i>(Tip: PE stands for Price/Earnings ratio. You calculate it as stock price divided by diluted normalized EPS read from income statement.)</i></p>
<p><strong>Exercise 10</strong></p>
<p>write a function getROA(symbol, year) which will calculate return on asset for given stock symbol and year. What is the ROI for FB in 2014. <i>(Tip: ROA stands for Return on asset. You calculate it as net income divided by total asset.)</i></p>
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