Quant analytics: Algorithms of Simple return rate of any asset price or stock price vs continuously compounded return
This is important when building time series matrices for any tool language you choose including Matlab
Ui=(Si-(Si-1))/Si-1)
Si=current stock price
Si-1=previous preiod stock price
This could be any asset price.
Continuously compounded return:
Ui=ln(Si/Si-1)
From  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo2cnX5EN0E
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