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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For Japanese investors, this kind of actual or, more correctly, prospective yield from stock ownership may be acceptable.

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Equity returns before valuation adjustments are a function of earnings growth (which have their root in GDP growth) and dividend yield including stock buybacks.

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So study charts of earnings yield (earnings per share divided by stock price) versus dividend yield (dividends divided by stock price).

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