Chart: Fama-French Factors

Chart: Fama-French Factors#

Cumulative returns of Fama-French factors (Mkt-RF, SMB, HML) over time

Chart#

Sources: Kenneth French Data Library

Full Screen Chart

Interactive time series chart showing cumulative growth of $1 invested in each Fama-French factor (Market-RF, SMB, HML) from 1926 to present. Uses logarithmic scale.

Chart Specs#

Chart Name

Fama-French Factors

Chart ID

ff_factors

Topic Tags

Fama-French, Factors, Cumulative Returns

Data Series Start Date

1926-07-01

Data Frequency

Monthly

Observation Period

Month-end

Lag in Data Release

One month

Data Release Timing

Seasonal Adjustment

None

Units

Cumulative Return

Data Series

m, k, t, r, f, , , s, m, b, , , h, m, l

HTML Chart

HTML

Dataframe Manifest#

Dataframe Name

Fama-French Research Factors

Dataframe ID

ken_french_ff_factors

Data Sources

Kenneth French Data Library

Data Providers

Kenneth French

Links to Providers

https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html

Topic Tags

Fama-French, Market Returns, Factors

Type of Data Access

P,u,b,l,i,c

How is data pulled?

pandas_datareader / direct HTTP download

Data available up to (min)

Data available up to (max)

Dataframe Path

C:\Users\Zara\Documents\GitHub\FINM-Winter\full-stack-quant\p01_kelly_pruitt_2013_data\Market_Returns.parquet

Download Data as Parquet

Parquet

Download Data as Excel

Excel

Linked Charts

P01:ff_factors

Pipeline Manifest#

Pipeline Name

Market Expectations in the Cross-Section of Present Values

Pipeline ID

P01

Lead Pipeline Developer

Zara and Dylan

Contributors

Zara, Dylan

Git Repo URL

zaranip/p01_kelly_pruitt_2013

Pipeline Web Page

Pipeline Web Page

Date of Last Code Update

2026-03-05 23:55:41

OS Compatibility

Linked Dataframes

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