changes to make CRAN checks happy

Author: braverock

.Rbuildignore

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ sandbox
 generatechangelog.sh
 ChangeLog.1.0.0
 ChangeLog
+NEWS
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 codeblock.txt
 ^\.travis.yml
 cran-comments.md
 ^\.github$
+PerformanceAnalytics-Ex.Rout.save

DESCRIPTION

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ Authors@R: c(
   , person(given="Diethelm",family="Wuertz",role="ctb")  
   , person(given=c("Anthony","Alexander"),family="Christidis",role="ctb")  
   , person(given="R. Douglas",family="Martin",role="ctb")  
-  , person(given=c("Zeheng", "'Zenith'"),family="Zhou",role="ctb")  
+  , person(given=c("Zeheng", "Zenith"),family="Zhou",role="ctb")  
   , person(given=c("Justin", "M."),family="Shea",role="ctb")
   , person(given="Dhairya",family="Jain",role="ctb")
   )
-Version: 2.0.6
-Date: 2020-03-03
+Version: 2.0.8
+Date: 2024-12-04
 Description: Collection of econometric functions for performance and risk 
     analysis. In addition to standard risk and performance metrics, this 
     package aims to aid practitioners and researchers in utilizing the latest
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 URL: https://github.com/braverock/PerformanceAnalytics
 Copyright: (c) 2004-2022
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2

R/CAPM.utils.R

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ CAPM.CML <- SFM.CML <-function (Ra, Rb, Rf = 0)
 #' Probably the most complete criticism of CAPM in actual practice (as opposed
 #' to structural or theory critiques) is that it posits a market equilibrium,
 #' but is most often used only in a partial equilibrium setting, for example by
-#' using the S\&P 500 as the benchmark asset.  A better method of using and
+#' using the S&P 500 as the benchmark asset.  A better method of using and
 #' testing the CAPM would be to use a general equilibrium model that took
 #' global assets from all asset classes into consideration.
 #' 

R/PerformanceAnalytics-package.R

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #'
 #' @name PerformanceAnalytics-package
 #' @aliases PerformanceAnalytics-package PerformanceAnalytics
-#' @docType package
 #' 
 #' @section Time Series Data:
 #'   
@@ -876,4 +875,4 @@
 #' 
 #' 
 #' @keywords package
-NULL
+"_PACKAGE"

R/Return.portfolio.R

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #' xts Date subsetting via endpoints.
 #'
 #' In verbose mode, the function returns a list of data and intermediary calculations.
-#' \itemize{
+#' \describe{
 #'   \item{\code{returns}:}{ The portfolio returns.}
 #'   \item{\code{contribution}:}{ The per period contribution to portfolio 
 #'   return of each asset. Contribution is calculated as BOP weight times the 

R/chart.ECDF.R

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #' @param ylab set the y-axis label, same as in \code{\link{plot}}
 #' @param xaxis if true, draws the x axis
 #' @param yaxis if true, draws the y axis
-#' @param colorset color palette to use, defaults to c("black", "\#005AFF"),
+#' @param colorset color palette to use, defaults to c("black", "#005AFF"),
 #' where first value is used to color the step function and the second color is
 #' used for the fitted normal
 #' @param lwd set the line width, same as in \code{\link{plot}}