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Current yield is the annual rate of return in the form of dividend or interest payment on an investment. 
Techniques and measures that help decision makers describe statistics.
 
It is equal to the coupon (or dividend) divided by the market price, expressed as a percentage.
 
It ignores any capital gains or losses.
 
 
The terms ''dividend yield'' and ''interest yield'' mean the same as current yield in this context.
 
 
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Current yield example'''''</span>
 
Annual income from an investment is 3.
 
The current market price is 50.
 
 
Current yield = annual income / market price
 
= 3 / 50
 
= '''6%'''
 
 
The current yield is also known as the ''running yield'', ''flat yield'' or ''income yield''.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bond]]
* [[Statistics]]
* [[Capital gain]]
* [[Coupon]]
* [[Coupon rate]]
* [[Current]]
* [[Dividend]]
* [[Dividend yield]]
* [[Interest]]
* [[Interest yield]]
* [[Market value]]
* [[Yield]]
* [[Yield to maturity]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

Techniques and measures that help decision makers describe statistics.

See also