The field of financial econometrics has exploded over the last decade This book represents an integration of theory, methods, and examples using the S-PLUS statistical modeling language and the S+FinMetrics module to facilitate the practice of financial econometrics. This is the first book to show the power of S-PLUS for the analysis of time series data. It is written for researchers and practitioners in the finance industry, academic researchers in economics and finance, and advanced MBA and graduate students in economics and finance. Readers are assumed to have a basic knowledge of S-PLUS and a solid grounding in basic statistics and time series concepts Contents: Time Series Specification, Manipulation and Visualization in S-PLUS * Time Series Concepts * Unit Root Tests * Modeling Extreme Values * Time Series Regression Modeling * Univariate GARCH Models * Modeling Long Memory Time Series * Rolling Analysis * Systems of Regression Equations * Vector Autoregressive Models * Multivariate GARCH Models * State Space Models * Factor Models for Asset Returns * Robust Statistical Methods in Finance * Modeling Fixed Income Time Series