Discover how constant maturity impacts Treasury yields, mortgages, and swaps. Learn the role it plays in financial decisions ...

One of the most popular measures of bond yield is yield to maturity (YTM). Also called book yield or redemption yield, it’s the estimated rate of return an investor can expect from a bond when held ...

A version of this article was published in the November 2015 issue of Morningstar ETFInvestor. Download a complimentary copy of ETFInvestor here. Flaw of Averages Duration, by itself, is a crude ...

Interest rates have skyrocketed YTD, leading to wild swings in bond fund yields. Yields can be measured in several different ways too, which further complicates matters. Thought an article looking at ...

Bond math isn’t always intuitive, but a basic understanding of it lies within most investors’ grasp and can help them stay the course in turbulent markets. From 2021 to 2022, for example, the ...

A humped yield curve is a relatively rare type of yield curve that results when the interest rates on medium-term fixed income securities are higher than the rates of both long and short-term ...

A bond yield is the current coumpounded interest rate that an investor can earn by purchasing a certain bond at its current market price. When an investor buys a bond, they are essentially lending ...

Wall Street has been going into a tailspin due to rising rate worries and stagflation fears. The Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point last week, matching ...