Version 2 of POP Portfolio Construction Suite has just been released. Note there is a license fee for this package. The code runs in both R and S-PLUS. Version 2 is faster, better, smoother. The functionality includes optimal portfolio selection, asset allocation, and statistical factor models. The most important functionality is probably the generation of random portfolios -- sort of analogous to bootstrapping. The POP User's Manual is available on the Burns Statistics website, and is useful for those wanting to learn about portfolio construction as well as those using the software. Patrick Burns Burns Statistics patrick at burns-stat.com +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")