#!/usr/bin/env python
# Some functions to load a return data for the plot demos
from numpy import fromstring, argsort, take, array, resize
def get_two_stock_data():
"""
load stock time and price data for two stocks The return values
(d1,p1,d2,p2) are the trade time (in days) and prices for stocks 1
and 2 (intc and aapl)
"""
ticker1, ticker2 = 'INTC', 'AAPL'
M1 = fromstring( file('../data/%s.dat' % ticker1, 'rb').read(), '