Talk:Overnight indexed swap

Merge

This article and Libor-OIS spread cover essentially the same material:

• this article suggests that LIBOR is the conventional index against which OIS is swapped, but is more general without giving the impression that other indices are standard
• the new article has much valuable and useful information that readers of this topic would be interested in
• the two articles are not so long that merger would make the combined article cumbersome, difficult to navigate, or overly lengthy.

Thoughts? ^Bongo_matic 22:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

They may cover the same material, but they shouldn't. The OIS is a finincial instrument while the OIS-Libor Spread is a finanicial indicator. They perform two different tasks. ---- Minnesota1, 9 Dec 2009.

That doesn't mean they shouldn't be covered in the same article. One would expect the significance or consequences of price / yield of various instruments to be covered at the same place the instruments are covered, or conversely, the features of a common derivative contract based on an indicator to be covered in an article on the indicator, unless space were a consideration. ^Bongo_matic 02:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

TED Spread Minnesota1 (talk) 07:58, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

LIBOR-OIS spread is specific to those currencies e.g. USD where both LIBOR and OIS quotes pertain. OIS is actively used in other markets e.g. India where LIBOR-OIS is not relevant. Merging the entries would be taxonomically incorrect. Linking seems more appropriate. Gvoz (talk) 00:24, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

If anything should be merged, at least merge this page into LIBOR-OIS spread, not the other way. My feeling is that the spread is a more widely used term for indexing interbank mistrust, also often referred to in newspapers and other general media, whereas the OIS itself is a technical instrument that only specialists would ever hear about. But the current situation, with two articles, is also acceptable for me. Andreas Willow (talk) 09:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Anders: I think we should merge them - the taxonomical incorrectness is outweighed by the level of overlap. The Libor-OIS spread can be a simple sub-section within the OIS page. Separately, we should show which market participants typically enter into OIS contracts - does anyone know? Presumably not just banks - or else the Libor-OIS spread wouldn't tell us much about interbank stresses (except in terms of 3mo vs overnight risk). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.143.158.20 (talk) 16:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Easier to merge them, create a sub-section about the OIS-LIBOR swap. This is an encyclopaedia, not a dictionary. Yves.Lehmann 19 October 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yves.lehmann (talk • contribs) 11:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

An encyclopedia should contain general-purpose information, and the OIS-LIBOR spread is more like that than the OIS itself, which is a rather technical term. See also my comment above. If you're saying that this is not a dictionary but an encyclopedia, fine, but then redirect the not-very-well-known OIS to the more widely known LIBOR-OIS spread. I came here looking for what OIS means, but only because I keep reading about LIBOR-OIS spread and I was wondering what the origins of that indicator were. Andreas Willow (talk) 09:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

• I still agree that they should be merged. By the way, the CSFB sources is gone but this one is pretty good. ^Bongo_matic 10:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
• Merge. ElectricRay (talk) 17:43, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

How about also mentioning the Euribor/OIS swap spread

How about also mentioning the Euribor/OIS swap spread? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdnctx (talk • contribs) 02:03, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Link to last year of Libor OIS spread data at Bloomberg.com doesnt work

Not sure how to fix it, or I would - could just delete it, but this seems worse than replacing it with something useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.228.106.151 (talk) 15:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

LIBOR was replaced

Information in this article is out of date. LIBOR as the basis for the OIS swaps were replaced by the central bank designated overnight rates. In the U.S. this is SOFR. 159.53.78.251 (talk) 13:11, 14 July 2023 (UTC)