Just look at the yield on 10 year Treasuries, which has fallen to 3.21%.
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Second, when you look at dividend yield, don't get hung up on the biggest payouts.
These bonds are priced on top of the 30 year triple-A curve at a yield of 4.40%.
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Why would anyone lend their money at no yield to the government if there is no apparent crisis?
Its 6.65% notes, due 2018, were quoted on Monday at a yield of 320 basis points above Treasuries.
Having proved the point, Dr Anderson has gone on to look at the yield of his tiny factories.
Last month its five-year debentures were trading at a yield of 30 basis points over Japanese government bonds.
If a bank were free to issue such subordinated debt at any yield, the scheme would not quite do.
To add to their allure, the stocks also pay significant dividends, with a floor set at a yield of 2.3%.
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This is a significant development at the yield on the bond is one of three major inputs to the www.
Investors will buy subordinated debt at a yield quite close to the riskless rate only if they are sure the bank is low-risk.
The environment for mortgage REIT investors has improved considerably since the summer and CMO shareholders are looking at a yield of approximately 12.8% going forward.
You need to look at the credit markets, you need to look at the currency markets, and you need to look at the yield curve.
Sekerbank had hoped to be the latest Turkish lender to benefit from record-low borrowing costs by seeking to sell the bond at a yield of just above 5%.
You will have that money and be able to reinvest it at higher yield levels when that money comes due, given this idea that rates are going to be rising.
To do a quick and dirty analysis of the expected return for junk bonds, all you need to do is look at the yield and subtract the default rate ( read why here).
Clearly, Blankfein meant to portray himself as committed to searching for a fair bipartisan solution, warning that the US will be behind the eight-ball if our creditors stop buying 10 year treasuries at a yield of 1.71%.
Even if you do not count the large quantity of bonds issued by telecoms companies that are now bust or nearly so, the average junk issue trades at a yield of some ten percentage points above Treasury bonds.
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That is why investors have shunned Greek debt to the extent that the 10 year Greek Government bond closed on May 20th 2011 at a yield of 16.73%, which is a spread of 13.66% or 1366 basis points over German 10 year paper.
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Even the 10 year Treasury at a yield of 1.50% or 1.85% or 2% looks to be a bubble since the Fed itself is acquiring two-thirds of the newly marketed government debt alongside accumulation from pension funds, insurance companies, clearing houses and family offices.
While stocks rally, the yield on the U.S. Treasury 30-year bond rose to a 2013 high at 3.286% versus the 2012 high yield at 3.492% set about a year ago.
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At 3.1%, its dividend yield at the time was nearly double that of Anheuser Busch InBev.
Slatin also likes the yield at ACC, although GCT offers a richer 7.3% dividend yield and EDR pays 8.1%.
For example, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) major at MIT would yield a higher score and loan compared to a religious studies major at a lesser ranked school.
Italy's short-term borrowing costs rose at an auction of six-month bonds, which were sold at a gross yield of 1.24%, up from 0.73% at a similar auction a month ago.
Examples: University of Texas munis, due August 2030, bought at 5.8% yield to maturity, and bonds issued by New York City Transitional Finance Authority, due November 2027, bought at 5.75% yield to maturity.
The yield at that time was more than 4.5%, far more than the paltry yield on a Treasury bill or note.
In 2007 the fund traded at a 50% premium to net asset value, in part due to their high distribution yield at the time.
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Yields subsequently moved higher to 2.97% at the 10-year having earlier reached the lowest in five months, while the two-year yield at one point reached a three-month low.
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