[R-SIG-Finance] RQuantlib tsquote meaning of rates

2014-03-24 Thread Kevin Owens
I thought it was strange that the tsQuote argument used swap rates for longer tenors. These types of rates don't seem very easy to get, but maybe I'm misunderstanding something. I would have thought I could use the semi-annual bond equivalent rates, say, from the Treasury website. My

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] RQuantlib tsquote meaning of rates

2014-03-24 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 24 March 2014 at 11:54, Kevin Owens wrote: | I thought it was strange that the tsQuote argument used swap rates for | longer tenors. These types of rates don't seem very easy to get, but | maybe I'm misunderstanding something. I would have thought I could use | the semi-annual bond