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library(quantmod)
getSymbols("AAPL", from="2018-01-01", to=Sys.Date())
prices <- Cl(AAPL)

library(PerformanceAnalytics)
rets <- Return.calculate(prices, method="log")
rets <- na.omit(rets)

fit <- lm(rets$AAPL ~ rets$SPY)
summary(fit)

library(PortfolioAnalytics)
funds <- xts::merge.xts(rets$AAPL, rets$MSFT, rets$GOOG)
portf <- portfolio.spec(colnames(funds))
portf <- add.constraint(portf, type="full_investment")
portf <- add.constraint(portf, type="long_only")
portf <- add.objective(portf, type="risk", name="StdDev")
opt <- optimize.portfolio(funds, portf, optimize_method="ROI")

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