Calculate a product for each period of INDEX. Essentially a rolling
application of prod over a series of non-overlapping sections.
Usage
period.prod(x, INDEX)
Value
An xts or zoo object of products,
indexed by the period endpoints.
Arguments
x
a univariate data object
INDEX
a vector of breakpoints to calculate product on
Author
Jeffrey A. Ryan
Details
Used to calculate a product per period given an arbitrary
index of sections to be calculated over. This is an optimized function
for product. There are additionally optimized versions for min, max, and
sum.
For xts-coercible objects, an appropriate INDEX can be
derived from a call to endpoints.