NAME¶

Finance::Quote::USBonds - Obtain quotes for US Federal Bonds in the E, EE, or I series from the Treasury Direct website, http://www.treasurydirect.gov.

SYNOPSIS¶

    use Finance::Quote ;
    $q = Finance::Quote->new ;
    %quote = $q->fetch ( "usbonds", "\EE-100-1993-10" ) ;

DESCRIPTION¶

Module obtains quote information from the Treasury Direct website, www.treasurydirect.gov. Given a bond symbol, obtains the current prices for it.

The symbol nomenclature is as follows:

SS-DDDDD-YYYY-MM

Where
SS = series (EE, E, or I)
DDDDD = denomination
YYYY = year issued
MM = month issued

For example, 'EE-500-1988-02'

The symbols supplied are checked for format and validity. For example, bonds were only issued after 1942, only the specific denominations issued for EE bonds are allowed, etc.

LABELS RETURNED¶

The following labels may be returned by Finance::Quote::USBonds: exchange method source symbol currency date isodate version price

SEE ALSO¶

Treasury bond value web interface - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/BC/SBCPrice

Finance::Quote

AUTHOR¶

Kenneth J. Farley