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Lesson 15

Boolean Arrays

This lesson covers:

  • Creating Boolean arrays
  • Combining Boolean arrays
  • all and any

Begin by loading the data in momentum.csv.

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# Setup: Load the momentum data

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

momentum = pd.read_csv("data/momentum.csv", index_col="date", parse_dates=True)

print(momentum.head())

mom_01 = momentum["mom_01"]
mom_10 = momentum["mom_10"]
mom_05 = momentum["mom_05"]

Problem: Boolean arrays

For portfolios 1 and 10, determine whether each return is $<0$ (separately).

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Problem: Combining boolean arrays

Count the number of times that the returns in both portfolio 1 and portfolio 10 are negative. Next count the number of times that the returns in portfolios 1 and 10 are both greater, in absolute value, that 2 times their respective standard deviations.

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Problem: Combining boolean arrays

For portfolios 1 and 10, count the number of times either of the returns is $<0$.

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Problem: Count the frequency of negative returns

What percent of returns are negative for each of the 10 momentum portfolios?

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Problem: Use any to find large losses

Use any to determine if any of the 10 portfolios experienced a loss greater than -5%.

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Use all and negation to do the same check as any.

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Exercises

Exercise: all and any

Use all and sum to count the number of days where all of the portfolio returns were negative. Use any to compute the number of days with at least 1 negative return and with no negative returns (Hint: use negation (~ or logical_not)).

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Exercise: Count Extreme Days

Count the number of days where each of the portfolio returns is less than the 5% quantile for the portfolio. Also report the fraction of days where all are in their lower 5% tail.

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