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Yield

The rate of income generated from a stock in the form of dividends, or the effective rate of interest paid on a bond, calculated by the coupon rate divided by the bond's market price. Furthermore, for any investment, yield is the annual rate of return expressed as a percentage.

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Investors can use yield to measure the performance of their investment and compare it to the yield on other investments or securities.

In some situations, yield may not be a true return measure because it doesn't account for capital gains or losses.

See also: Dividend Yield, Yield Curve, Yield Elbow, Yield Equivalence, Yield To Call, Yield To Maturity, Yield To Worst

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Yield

The percentage return paid on a stock in the form of dividends, or the effective rate of interest paid on a bond or note.

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yield

The percentage return on an investment. A given investment can have a variety of yields because of the many methods used to measure yield. For example, a bond's yield may be stated in terms of its returns if held to maturity, if held to the call date, or if held to the put date; or the yield may be calculated simply on the basis of the interest the bond pays compared with its current market price. Also called return. See also current yield, dividend yield, yield to average life, yield to call, yield to maturity (YTM), yield to put.