If shares in a company, say General Electric, stayed above a given level, investors received a high yield; if the shares dropped below that level, they ended up owning the stock.

如果某公司的股票，例如通用电气，在一个已知水平上保持稳定，投资者将获得高收益；如果股价低于这个水平，他们将落得持有这些股票。

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The stock shows a 10% free cash flow yield.

这支股票显示其有10%的自由现金流收益。

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The yield on Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is 3.6%, and stocks of many solid companies are yielding 5% or more. That's especially significant given how low interest rates are.

标准普尔500股票指数的收益率是3.6%，而一些抗跌公司的股票收益率甚至超过了5%，这在超低利率的时代是非常惹眼的。

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From a growth perspective, stocks and bonds are valued properly in relation to one another when the stock yield is sufficiently higher than the bond yield to compensate you for the risk of future earnings shortfalls.

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But the stock even after the recent slide in price the stock has a yield of just 2.4%.

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You add the dividend yield to your stock price increase to produce a total return that incorporates both the stocks yield and its capital appreciation.

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