dow_jones_data {ascentTraining}

Dow Jones Index Data

Description

Dataset containing the Dow Jones Index between 2014-01-01 and 2015-01-01, which is a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.

Usage

dow_jones_data

dowJonesData

Format

A data frame with 252 observations on the following 7 variables containing data from 2014-01-01 to 2015-01-01.

Date

Date of observation in character string format "%m/%d/%Y"

DJI.Open

Opening value of DJI on the specified date

DJI.High

High value of the DJI on the specified date

DJI.Low

Low value of the DJI on the specified date

DJI.Close

Closing value of the DJI on the specified date

DJI.Volume

the number of shares or contracts traded

DJI.Adj.Close

Close price adjusted for dividends and splits

Details

This dataset has be renamed using tidyverse-style snake_case naming conventions. However the original name of the dataset has been kept to ensure backwards compatibility with the book SAMS Teach Yourself R in 24 Hours (ISBN: 978-0-672-33848-9).

Source

Data obtained using yahooSeries from the fImport package.