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current yield: Original post by Slav Fedorov of Demand Media Yield is the amount of investment income an investor receives expressed as a percentage of invested principal. A bond yield is the amount of annual interest divided by a bond's price; a stock yield is the amount of annual dividend per share divided by the current stock price. An investor must take several factors into account when comparing bond and…

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