Of course, junk bonds come by their name honestly, and the high yield market still harbors a large amount of risk.

FORBES: Don't Dump Your Junk

Still, only a small amount of Asian high-yield bonds is available to U.S. buyers.

WSJ: The U.S. Is Back in Asian Debt

It is the amount by which the generally riskier equity yield exceeds the less risky bond yield.

FORBES: The Stock Markets Are Forecasting Economic Stagnation, Not Recovery

Germany sold two-year notes at the lowest yield on record and Portugal sold the maximum targeted amount of government debt.

WSJ: Dow Finishes Up 96 Points

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on legislation later this month to diminish the amount of damages a patent lawsuit could yield in the future.

FORBES: Patent Payday

Raking your fingernails down the shell does more damage to your digits than the device itself, and no amount of bending or twisting will cause it to yield.

ENGADGET: Maingear Pulse 11 review: a small and surprisingly powerful gaming laptop

But the research also shows that tip size is affected by the size of the dining party (larger groups tip more), the method of payment (credit cards yield higher percentages than checks or cash), and by the amount of alcohol consumed (not surprisingly).

FORBES: Tips for Influencing the Size of Tips

In that context, speculation swirled that Apple might offer a historically high amount of initial debt to fund the program and establish a viable yield curve for an ongoing financing program.

FORBES: U.S Debt Markets to Get Bite of Apple. But How Big?

More remarkable than the amount of Japanese household financial assets is their structure: 60 percent are in essentially zero-yield bank deposits.

FORBES: Japanese Savers and the JGB Market