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sd(retYHOO, na.rm=TRUE) On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:43 AM, afx111<afx...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to calculate the std dev of returns of YHOO so far i got: > > getSymbols("YHOO") > retYHOO <- Return.calculate(Cl(YHOO)) >> sd(retYHOO) > > YHOO.Close > NA > > but i received an NA....can any assist? tks! > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-question-re-stddev%2C-quantmod-and-performanceanalytics-tp25001293p25001293.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.