Changes in version 1.1.6 (2026-01-10)                  

  - minor improvements of the ShinyApp (runFTS) for downloading data
    from Yahoo Finance
      - added the option to select data frequency

                 Changes in version 1.1.5 (2025-10-13)                  

  - minor improvements of the ShinyApp (runFTS) for downloading data
    from Yahoo Finance
  - fixed some minor bugs

                 Changes in version 1.1.4 (2024-06-08)                  

  - updated data sets
  - fixed some minor bugs

                 Changes in version 1.1.3 (2022-08-31)                  

  - added an application to download data from Yahoo Finance
  - fixed a bug in 'cvgtest.R'

                 Changes in version 1.1.2 (2022-06-20)                  

  - added argument 'conflvl' to 'cvgtest.R' in order to set the
    significance level for hypothesis testing

                 Changes in version 1.1.1 (2022-06-13)                  

  - slightly adjusted print method for 'cvgtest.R'

                 Changes in version 1.1.0 (2022-03-30)                  

  - implemented 4 new functions which enable the user to apply various
    backtesting methods

                 Changes in version 1.0.11 (2022-01-09)                 

  - slightly adjusted plot method (added a grid)
  - updated data sets
  - changed name of 'DAX30' to 'DAX' due to the recent extension of the
    German Stock Market Index

                 Changes in version 1.0.10 (2021-11-21)                 

  - added a print method for 'quarks'

                 Changes in version 1.0.9 (2021-09-06)                  

  - fixed a bug in 'hs.R'

                 Changes in version 1.0.8 (2021-09-02)                  

  - fixed a bug which caused an error in 'vwhs.R' and 'fhs.R'

                 Changes in version 1.0.7 (2021-09-02)                  

  - changed output value of 'hs.R', 'vwhs.R' and 'fhs.R'
  - modified 'plot.quarks.R'; main title and axis labels can now be
    adjusted manually
  - added five financial time series data sets

                 Changes in version 1.0.6 (2021-04-25)                  

  - changed default of coverage level (p) from 0.95 to 0.975
  - implemented 'fhs.R', enabling filtered historical simulation
  - implemented volatility estimation with GARCH-type models by means of
    the 'rugarch' package

                 Changes in version 1.0.5 (2021-03-01)                  

  - slightly changed example for 'rollcast.R'
  - fixed a bug which caused a warning if argument 'method' in
    'rollcast.R' was set on default

                 Changes in version 1.0.4 (2021-02-21)                  

  - slightly adapted 'hs.R', 'vwhs.R' and 'rollcast.R'
  - modified ES-calculation for age-weighted historical simulation

                 Changes in version 1.0.3 (2021-02-20)                  

  - slightly adjusted README
  - modified 'plot.quarks.R'

                 Changes in version 1.0.2 (2021-02-20)                  

  - fixed a minor bug in 'hs.R'
  - minor adjustments in the README were made

                 Changes in version 1.0.1 (2021-02-18)                  

  - adjusted example in the README file
  - minor adjustments in the documentation were made