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What is a 10 year Treasury yield?

The 10 year treasury yield is included on the longer end of the yield curve. Many analysts will use the 10 year yield as the "risk free" rate when valuing the markets or an individual security. Historically, the 10 Year treasury rate reached 15.84% in 1981 as the Fed raised benchmark rates in an effort to contain inflation.

What is the current yield on a 10 year a bond?

A 10-year, 1,000 par value bond with a 5% annual coupon is trading to yield 6%. What is the current yield? Solution: Current price of the bond: PMT= 50; N= 10; FV= 1000;I Compute PV;PV =926.40 The current yield = 50/926.40 = 5.4% = 6

What is a good yield on a 10-year government bond?

The current yield on a 10-year U.S. Government bondis only 3.1%. Therefore, a more reasonable return expectation for the next several years is 3-4% on investment grade bonds (the safest borrowers) and 4-7% on bonds issued by riskier borrowers (AKA as junk bonds or high yield bonds). See current bond yields HERE.

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