Yield To Average Life — The yield on a fixed income security when the average maturity is substituted for the maturity date of the issue. It is particularly useful when a bond has a sinking fund feature, as average life in this case may be significantly less than the… … Investment dictionary
yield to average life — A yield calculation in which bonds are retired routinely during the life of the issue. Since the issuer buys its own bonds on the open market because of sinking fund requirements, if the bonds are trading below par, this action provides automatic … Financial and business terms
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Yield curve — This article is about yield curves as used in finance. For the term s use in physics, see Yield curve (physics). Not to be confused with Yield curve spread – see Z spread. The US dollar yield curve as of February 9, 2005. The curve has a typical… … Wikipedia
Interpolated Yield Curve - I Curve — A yield curve derived by using on the run treasuries. Because on the run treasuries are limited to specific maturities, the yield of maturities that lies between the on the run treasuries must be interpolated. This can be accomplished by a number … Investment dictionary
Nominal Yield Spread — The spread, expressed in percent or basis points, that when added to the yield at one point on the Treasury yield curve equals the discount factor that will make a security s cash flows equal to its current market price. Nominal yield spreads are … Investment dictionary
Maximum sustainable yield — In population ecology and economics, maximum sustainable yield or MSY is, theoretically, the largest yield (or catch) that can be taken from a species stock over an indefinite period. Fundamental to the notion of sustainable harvest, the concept… … Wikipedia
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company — MassMutual Type Mutual company Industry Financial Services Founded Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (1851) Headquarters … Wikipedia
Crop yield — In agriculture, crop yield (also known as agricultural output ) is not only a measure of the yield of cereal per unit area of land under cultivation, yield is also the seed generation of the plant itself (e.g. one wheat grain produces a stalk… … Wikipedia
Variable universal life insurance — (often shortened to VUL) is a type of life insurance that builds a cash value. In a VUL, the cash value can be invested in a wide variety of separate accounts, similar to mutual funds, and the choice of which of the available separate accounts to … Wikipedia
