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Searching for 'Y'...Found 18 matches; displaying matches 1 to 18
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1. Y shares
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Mutual fund shares of a class available to institutional investors. Institutional shares carry no load or 12b-1 fees. also called institutional shares.
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A shares, B shares, C shares, Z shares
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2. Yankee bond market
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Market for dollar-denominated bonds issued in the U.S. by foreign corporations, banks and governments.
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bond market
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3. yardstick
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A standard, used for comparison. also called benchmark.
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4. year-end bonus
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Payment sometimes given to employees at the end of a year in which the employee and/or the company performed very well.
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5. year-over-year
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Compared to the same time period in the previous year.
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sequential, growth rate
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6. Year-To-Date
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YTD. For the period starting January 1 of the current year and ending today.
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7. Yellow Sheets
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A daily bulletin from the National Quotation Bureau which provides updated bid and ask prices for over-the-counter corporate bonds along with a list of brokerages which make a market in those bonds.
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8. yield
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The annual rate of return on an investment, expressed as a percentage. For bonds and notes, the coupon rate divided by the market price. This is not an accurate measure of total return, since it does not factor in capital gains. For securities, the annual dividends divided by the purchase price. This is not an accurate measure of total return, since it does not factor in capital gains. here, also called dividend yield or current yield.
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basis point, discount yield, earnings yield, effective rate, equivalent taxable yield, minus yield, yield curve, flat yield curve, normal yield curve, inverted yield curve, indicated yield, junk bond, minimum yield, net yield, return, bond equivalent yield
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9. yield advantage
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The yield on a corporation's convertible securities minus the dividend yield on its common stock.
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10. yield burning
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An illegal practice in which an underwriter places excessive markups on bonds used to complete some types of municipal bond offerings. By marking up the price, the yield will fall, which is known as "burning" the yield.
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11. yield curve
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A curve that shows the relationship between yields and maturity dates for a set of similar bonds, usually Treasuries, at a given point in time.
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flat yield curve, normal yield curve, inverted yield curve
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12. yield elbow
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Point on the yield curve at which the interest rate is the highest.
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13. yield equivalence
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The yield needed on a taxable investment in order to match the tax-free return offered on a municipal bond; calculated by dividing the tax-exempt yield by (1 minus the investor's marginal tax rate). also called equivalent taxable yield.
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14. yield spread
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The differences in yields on different types of debt securities, a function of supply and demand, credit rating, and anticipated interest rate changes.
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spread, matrix trading, mob spread
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15. yield to call
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Yield that would be realized on a callable bond in the event that the bond was redeemed by the issuer on the next available call date.
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minimum yield, yield to worst
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16. yield to maturity
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Yield that would be realized on a bond or other fixed income security if the bond was held until the maturity date. It is greater than the current yield if the bond is selling at a discount and less than the current yield if the bond is selling at a premium.
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dollar price, minimum yield, yield to worst
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17. yield to worst
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The lowest of all yield to calls or the yield to maturity.
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18. YTD
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Year-To-Date. For the period starting January 1 of the current year and ending today.
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