Terms beginning with Y

• Yankee
  A dollar denominated bond issued in the US by a foreign corporate or government borrower....(Read more)
• Yankee Auction
  An auction of multiple identical items in which the winning bidders pay the prices that they have bid. For a contrasting system, see 'Dutch ...(Read more)
• Yard
  Currency market term for one thousand million units of a currency....(Read more)
• Year End Dividend
  An additional dividend paid at the end of the trading year and based on company profits....(Read more)
• Year-end Dividend
  An additional dividend paid at the end of the trading year and based on company profits....(Read more)
• Year-to-date
  The period from 1 January to today....(Read more)
• Yearling
  A local authority bond normally issued for one year....(Read more)
• Yellow Book
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• Yellow Strip
  The yellow band on a SEAQ or SETS screen used by brokers which displays the highest bid and the lowest offered prices that competing market ...(Read more)
• Yield
  See dividend yield and bond yield....(Read more)
• Yield Curve
  A graphical representation that plots current yields of a set of bonds or fixed interest securities against their times to redemption (matur...(Read more)
• Yield Gap
  A comparison between the average yield from shares (dividend yield) and the average current yield from long dated gilts (15 years or more to...(Read more)
• Yield Spread
  The difference between yields on different types of bonds reflecting factors such as creditworthiness and supply and demand....(Read more)
• Yield To Maturity
  See 'redemption yield'....(Read more)
• Yours
  Jargon used on a dealing floor to confirm the act of selling. The seller will say yours and confirm the amount of the bid when a counterpart...(Read more)