1. A fall in bond yields, which move inversely to bond prices, make stocks a more attractive investment compared with bonds. 2. An agreement is expected to send bond yields lower by curbing the supply of securities the Treasury sells to finance annual deficits. 3. Bundesbank officials have been fretting in public about rising bond yields and the weaker D-Mark. 4. Even so, more than a few investors are anticipating bond yields to keep falling in the next few months. 5. Financial stocks dropped on concern that Treasury bonds yields are headed up, squeezing banks profit Margins. 6. In Stockholm, equities retreated broadly, hurt by climbing bond yields and weakness in the pharmaceutical sector. 7. To do this we need to calculate the bond equivalent yield, rb. 8. The bond equivalent yield is the coupon of a bond which when trading at par would give the same yield as a discount security. 9. The bond equivalent yield will be. 10. Why does the yield on a discount security generally exceed the bond equivalent yield? |