Garmin fell off the screen, as its yield crept higher but revenue growth turned negative.
Nokia ( NOK) saw its yield inch toward 8% as revenue growth dropped sharply.
Those new purchasers would have to buy the debt no matter how paltry its yield.
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The 10-year Treasury note edged up in price, pushing its yield down to 1.965%.
Government should tax either the value of an asset or its yield but not both.
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It tracks the same index as MLPI but with 2x leverage juicing its yield to 12.9%.
That fresh capital injection helped the fund sustain its yield at more than 20%.
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Demand rose for the haven 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, as its yield declined to settle at 1.698%.
Corn prices soared 34 percent after USDA slashed its yield projection 12 percent over a previous estimate.
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Demand fell for the 10-year Treasury note, pushing its yield up to 1.717%.
For AJG, the stock has historically been undervalued when its yield exceeds 4%.
Both held bond auctions, and Spain saw its yield rise to euro-era highs.
The 10-year Treasury note rose in price, pushing its yield down to 1.977%.
As stocks staged their strong rally, demand fell for the haven 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, pushing its yield up to 1.804%.
Spanish sovereign debt might be a good bet because its yield is 6% and the spread over German debt is over 4%.
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On the upside, BAC has not shown to be overvalued (a protracted period of lower prices) until its yield dips below 1.7%.
The current yield is 6.78% and the spread between its yield and the 10 year T-Note is still at historically low levels.
Casket maker Hillenbrand ( HI) saw its yield jump to 8% from just over 3% after revenue growth slid below the 10% benchmark.
All else being equal, as a bond moves closer and closer to its maturity date, its yield moves closer and closer to zero.
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Remember: A convertible's price is based on its yield as a debt instrument as well as on its value as a stock in waiting.
Even the two-year, a pretty safe bet except in the most inflationary of times saw a decline in price, raising its yield to 1.83% from 1.60%.
No individual investor would ever have the financial incentive or wherewithal to bring a complicated case showing that Schwab had loaded its Yield Plus Fund with high-risk bonds.
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Southwest, which doesn't charge fees for a passenger's first two checked bags, pushed its prices up faster than its competitors: Its yield jumped 35% over the same period.
The deferred September 2012 maturity rose lowering its implied yield to 0.80% and close to a contract high reached in November when its implied yield slipped to 0.73%.
As its yield falls the value of the bond rises.
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June bund futures have made extended gains in the past hour and stand higher by a full point at 124.40 shaving seven basis points from its yield to 3.09%.
The benchmark 10-year note's price -- which moves inversely to its yield -- traded up to a yield of 3.77%, versus 3.78% before the data reports, and the 3.85% late on Wednesday.
When you are buying a stock primarily for its yield I suggest that if it rallies 5% or more above your entry level that you use a stop close to break even.
As of August 19, yields on almost every duration of T-Bond were lower than they were before the downgrade (the three-month issue was the lone exception, its yield rising from 0.01% to 0.02%).
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Contracts expiring beyond one-year forward saw implied yields rise by seven basis points while government bond futures expiring in September fell by one-half point to trade at 125.81 carrying a yield of 2.94% as its yield crossed back above those available on comparable treasuries.
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