assay dataset

Assay Research rankings as of 2004-12-31

A universe of the 5000 largest global stocks as of 2004-12-31, and a flag indicating whether a security was ranked by Assay Research at that time.

Special thanks to Assay Research for granting us permission to release this data. data

data(assay)

Format

A data frame with 5000 observations on the following 11 variables.

• date: A vector containing a single Date: 2004-12-31.
• id: A character vector of SEDOLs and CUSIPs.
• symbol: A character vector of symbols.
• name: A character vector of the names of the companies.
• country: A factor with levels AUS AUT BEL CHE DEU DNK ESP FIN FRA GBR HKG ITA JPN NLD NOR NZL SGP SWE USA.
• currency: A factor with levels AUD CHF DKK EUR GBP HKD JPY NOK NZD SEK SGD USD.
• price: A numeric vector of prices.
• sector: A factor with levels Communications Conglomerates Cyclicals Energy Financials Industrials Materials Staples Technology Utilities
• sec: An alternative sector specification. This factor has levels CND, CNS, COM, ENE, FIN, HTH, IND, MAT, TEC and UTL.
• ind: Industry specification. This factor has levels AERDF, AIRLN, AUTOP, AUTOS, BANKS, BEVGS, BIOTC, BUILD, CHEMS, CNENG, CNFIN, CNMAT, COMEQ, COMPT, COMSS, CONGL, CPMKT, DICNS, DISTR, DVFIN, DVTEL, ELEQI, ELEQT, ELUTL, ENEQS, FDPRD, FDRET, GSUTL, HEPSV, HEQSP, HETEC, HOTEL, HSDUR, HSPRD, INSUR, INTSS, IPPET, ITCAT, ITCON, LEISR, LFSCI, LOGIS, MACHN, MEDIA, METAL, MGFIN, MLRET, MLUTL, OFFIC, OILGS, PACKG, PAPER, PHARM, PRPRD, REALE, REDEV, REITS, RRAIL, SEMIP, SEMIS, SHIPS, SMOKE, SOFTW, SPRET, TEXAP, TRADE, TRINF, WIREL and WTUTL
• liq: A numeric vector of liquidities.
• on.fl: A logical vector indicating presence on the Assay Focus List as of 2004-12-31.
• ret.0.1.m: A numeric vector of one-month forward returns
• ret.0.3.m: A numeric vector of three-month forward returns
• ret.0.6.m: A numeric vector of one-month forward returns
• ret.1.0.m: A numeric vector of one-month prior returns
• ret.6.0.m: A numeric vector of six-month prior returns
• ret.12.0.m: A numeric vector of twelve-month prior returns
• mn.dollar.volume.20.d: A numeric vector of mean dollar volumes of the past 20 days
• md.dollar.volume.120.d: A numeric vector of median dollar volumes of the past 120 days
• cap.usd: A numeric vector of market capitalisation in USD.
• cap: A numeric vector of market capitalisation in local currency.
• sales: Annual gross sales of the company.
• net.income: Annual net income of the company.
• common.equity: Annual common equity of the company.

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