R help - Apr 2009 - Cross-Correlation function (CCF) issues

Dear all,
I have two series of returns and I want to find the cross-correlations
between these two series. I know of the ccf, but it does not work as I'd
like

if i type

ccf(x,y,lag.max=20,type="correlation",plot=FALSE)

i got the error message
Error in na.fail.default(ts.intersect(as.ts(x), as.ts(y))) : 
  missing values in object

So i found that somebody suggested to type
ccf(x,y,lag.max=20,type="correlation",na.action=na.contiguous,plot=FALSE)

but in this case I can only get the cross-correlations for four lagsm
whatever series i plug in the ccf functions (i.e. it's not a matter of the
particular series)

Any suggestions?
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Are you trying to imply that people should be able to answer a  
question that included no data? As others have pointed out, our powers  
of telepathy are generally less than commonly assumed.

On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM, manta wrote:
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