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Money Market Yield

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Money market yield
A bond quotation convention based on a 360-day year and semiannual coupons. See: Bond equivalent yield.

Money Market Yield
The non-annual yield of a bond expressed in annual terms. The money market yield helps an investor compare the return of a bond that pays a coupon on an annual basis with a bond with semi-annual, quarterly, or any other coupon. It is calculated thusly:

Money market yield = ((face value - purchase price) / purchase price) * (365 / days until maturity).

It is more commonly called the bond equivalent yield. See also: Annual percentage rate.


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