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Yield

Yield is the income that earned from the investements in the form of the interest of the dividend payments.Yield is one of the ways in which investments can earn money, with the other being the eventual closing of a position for profit.Equity yields are usually given as a percentage of the current equity price of a company. That means that an investor who sees the value of their shares increase will see a greater return on their investment if dividend levels remain constant.Bond yield is the percentage of the bond price when the issued in the percantage of the currenct price that estmate the bond that held the maturity.