The book and tutorial project entitled Become a Quant with R has finally been put online. Please visit www.quant-r.com for more information. Registration is required. The following three tutorials are online as of yet:

• A Gentle Introduction to Portfolio Optimization: Understanding the importance of risk management – simply maximizing our wealth is the wrong approach
• The Magic of Markowitz: A sensational idea that is really worth the Nobel prize – visualized with two stocks
• Efficient Frontiers: Optimizing more than one dimension – handling risk and return synchronously

I sincerely hope that you enjoy the content and welcome any feedback. More content will be added eventually.