interest yield — / ɪntrəst ji:ld/ noun a yield on a fixed interest investment … Dictionary of banking and finance
yield — 1) The income from an investment expressed in various ways. The nominal yield of a fixed interest security is the interest it pays, expressed as a percentage of its par value. For example, a £100 stock quoted as paying 8% interest will yield £8… … Accounting dictionary
interest rate — The percentage of an amount of money which is paid for its use for a specified time. Commonly expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR). Federal and state laws regulate interest rate amounts and disclosures on consumer loans. See annual… … Black's law dictionary
interest rate — The percentage of an amount of money which is paid for its use for a specified time. Commonly expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR). Federal and state laws regulate interest rate amounts and disclosures on consumer loans. See annual… … Black's law dictionary
Interest rate risk — is the risk (variability in value) borne by an interest bearing asset, such as a loan or a bond, due to variability of interest rates. In general, as rates rise, the price of a fixed rate bond will fall, and vice versa. Interest rate risk is… … Wikipedia
yield — 1 / yēld/ vt: to produce as return from an expenditure or investment: furnish as profit or interest an account that yield s 6 percent vi 1: to give place or precedence (as to one having a superior right or claim) 2: to relinquish the floor of a… … Law dictionary
Interest rate cap and floor — Interest rate c An interest rate cap is a derivative in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate exceeds the agreed strike price. An example of a cap would be an agreement to receive a payment for… … Wikipedia
Yield management — Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource (such as airline seats or hotel room… … Wikipedia
Yield — Yield, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yielded}; obs. p. p. {Yold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yielding}.] [OE. yelden, [yogh]elden, [yogh]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yield elasticity of bond value — is the percentage change in bond value divided by a one per percentage change in the yield to maturity of the bond. This is equivalent to saying the derivative of value with respect to yield times the (interest rate/value). This is equal to the… … Wikipedia
Yield Burning — was a method by which major Wall Street US municipal bond dealers cheated the federal government out of millions of dollars of revenue. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E6DC123CF937A25757C0A9649C8B63 scp=2 sq=michael+lissack st … Wikipedia