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Benchmark Bond A bond that provides a standard against which the performance of other bonds can be measured. Government bonds are almost always used as benchmark bonds. Also referred to as "benchmark issue" or "bellwether issue". Notes: More specifically, the benchmark is the latest issue within a given maturity. For a comparison to be appropriate and useful, the benchmark and the bond being measured against it should have a comparable liquidity, issue size and coupon. |
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The figure below compares the S&P 500 earnings yield with the ten-year Treasury bond yield, It shows that, beginning in September 2002--and for the first time since Ronald Reagan's first election--investors required from equities a higher earnings yield than the benchmark bond yield. the benchmark bond experts use to chart the market, offered a mere 3. Yields rebounded in the second half of the quarter, with ten-year sovereign benchmark bond yields rising approximately 50 basis points but remaining below their period highs, amid global declines in bond prices and as economic data pointed to stronger European growth. |
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