Yet, with a 20% average yield, junk bonds could provide nice returns, even in that scenario.

然而，即使在这种情况下，凭着20 %的平均收益率，垃圾债券可以提供不错的回报。

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High dividend payments have been a ray of light for shareholders: On average, the big Banks pay out almost a third of their earnings, for an average dividend yield of about 4.7%.

对于股东来说，高股息支付已成为一道曙光：平均来看，四大国有银行将收入的近三分之一用于派发股息，平均股息收益率约为4.7%。

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It is not hard to see why they resist: a safe system would force average returns lower as high-yield activities came with more frequent, but systemically harmless, failures.

不难看出后者为什么抗拒：一个安全的系统将压低平均回报率，因为高收益活动将带来更频繁的、于系统无害的倒闭。

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"There's a yield potential of maybe four thousand kilos, ten times what the average is in West Africa."

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Usually (but not always) this means that they show a lower than average dividend yield.

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Demand has helped push the average yield on a Triple-A 10-year muni to a current 1.9% from 3.5% in January 2011, according to Thomson Reuters Municipal Market Data.

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Whether the institution measures its return on that investment in a higher ranking, a lower acceptance rate, a greater yield, a bigger endowment, a higher average starting salary, a better grad-school admission rate, or a greater percentage of alumni who donate, the student body it attracts initially is integral to any and all results.

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