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Year-to-date (YTD): Period from
the beginning of the calendar year
to the reporting date. Corporate
profits are reported on a quarterly
and year-to-date basis. |
| Yield:
For stock, the portion of a return
on your investment that is paid as a
dividend. For bonds and notes, yield
is the effective interest rate.
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Yield-to-maturity: The total
return an investor will get by
holding a long-term,
interest-bearing instrument (usually
a bond) until it matures. |
