Re: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Foreach Command in Panel Data

[Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com>]

I have't used the command either, but the -help- should indicate if
"if" is an option.

Best.

Steve

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Degas Wright
<dwright@cornerstoneadvice.com> wrote:
> Nick,
> Unfortunately when I tried moving the if statement I get the following:
>
> . forvalues xticker=1/`r(max)'{
> . fcast compute f_ if xticker==`xticker'
> }
>
> if not allowed
>
> Is it possible that the fcast command does not allow if statements? I
> understand that you have not used this command before but is there an
> alternate way to handle this loop?
>
> Again thanks for your input.
>
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> Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Foreach Command in Panel
> Data
>
> I have never used -fcast- but I imagine that
>
> fcast compute f_, step(3) if xticker==`xticker'
>
> should be
>
> fcast compute f_ if xticker==`xticker', step(3)
>
> as -if- qualifiers are not options so far as Stata is concerned.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
> Degas Wright
>
> Thank you for the reference to 8/05 FAQ and it worked great for
> calculating the var for my dataset. A follow on question, I have been
> unsuccessful getting the fcast command to work. I have tried
> incorporating it into the original forvalue step and doing a separate
> forvalue step but neither works.
>
> . forvalues xticker=1/`r(max)'{
> .   var r ep mom if xticker==`xticker'
> .}
>
> Works fine, however; when I do the following:
>
> . forvalues xticker =1/`r(max)'{
> .    fcast compute f_, step(3) if xticker==`xticker'
> .}
>
> I get the following error:
>
> Invalid syntax r(198)
>
> I need to perform the var step first and then I can use the fcast
> command.  Also, to address your question on collating the results - I
> will upload the xtickers, forecasted values (f_r), dates into another
> software package to run backtests on how well the forecasted values
> perform in a portfolio selection process.
>
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