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Business Definition for: Normal Yield Curve
- a yield curve with higher interest rates for long-term bonds than for short-term bonds.
- See also Yield Curve
Additional Resources
- The Yield Curve and Investor Sentiment (Part II)
- John Jagerson submits: In the last section I talked about what a normal yield curve is and what it usually looks like. However, the yield curve will change over time and these changes can be very important indications for what investors think about the market today and what they...
- External links 2008-08-27
- A.M. Best Special Report: 2nd-Quarter Interest Review — Inflation Concerns Push Yield Curve toward Normal Slope
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- After a year under water, the U.S. Treasury yield curve has resumed a normal, positive slope, with long-term yields higher than short-term yields. As viewed using six-month and 10-year Treasury securities, the yield curve turned negative June 2, 2006, nearly four weeks in advance of the Federal...
- Research articles 2007-06-26
- Inverted Yield On Cost Curve: Not Always a Bad Thing?
- Dividends4Life submits: A yield curve is the relationship between yield and maturity. In a "normal" yield curve yields rise as maturity lengthens. When yields drop as the term lengthens, it is referred to as an inverted yield curve. A Yield On Cost (current dividend/basis) curve, like a yield curve,...
- External links 2008-09-02
- Longer-term perspectives on the yield curve and monetary policy.
- In the spring of 2004, there was widespread expectation in financial markets that the Federal Reserve would shortly begin the process of raising its federal funds rate target back toward a more normal level. At the time, there was considerable conc In the spring...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- U.S. INTEREST RATES: SPLIT PERSONALITY.(interest rates and the securities industry)(Statistical Data Included)
- The Fed has been pushing short-term rates down aggressively. but longer-term rates have been rising. Now traders have to make the shift to dealing with a 'normal' yield curve. Anyone who has any interest in interest rates is well aware of the attitude of...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Astoria Financial Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator The floor is now open for questions. [Operator Instructions]. Thank you. Our first question is coming from Mark Fitzgibbon of Sandler O'Neill Mark T. Fitzgibbon - Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P Good afternoon, George. George L. Engelke, Jr. - Chairman...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-20
- Thornburg Mortgage Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is with Richard V. Shane with Jefferies and Company. Please go ahead sir. Richard V. Shane - Jefferies & Co. Larry, thanks for taking my question. I’m going to ask you to try to...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Take a New Look at Bonds as Rates Rise.
- FOR THE first time in a year, long-term bonds are yielding more than short-term issues. As the yield curve begins to return to normal, some investors are buying bonds with longer maturities. Still, the difference between short- and long-term yields is barely discernible. As...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Automatic Data Processing F1Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question will come from the line of Rod Bourgeois with Bernstein. Rod Bourgeois - Sanford C. Bernstein Good morning. Gary, I wanted to inquire about what is enabling you to increase your margin targets for fiscal ’08? I guess specifically what I...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Bubble Also Caused by Neomercantlists
- David Merkel submits: When I wrote for RealMoney, one of my continuing themes was that the Federal Reserve was less relevant because neomercantilistic nations like China and perhaps OPEC nations had reasons for promoting exports to the US that were less than economic. As such they would buy US...
- External links 2008-10-22
- NZ Bank Raises Fixed Mortgage Rates
- ASB Bank has raised its fixed mortgage rates on Friday.The move comes at a time when interest rates in the wholesale money market are rising.There is speculation that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will raise its official cash rate sooner than the latter part of 2010 it has...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Intersil Corp Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Uche Orji from UBS. Please proceed sir. Uche Orji - UBS Can you hear me? Rich Beyer - Chief Executive Officer and Director Yes. Uche Orji...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Economy of errors
- A cold wind from the future blows into my bedroom, more often than not during those midnight hours when fear dominates and hope retreats to a netherworld. This wind is a spectre, an oracle of darkness and eventual death, not easily dismissed. Once merely a whisper, its decibels intensify with...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Federated Investors, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. We will now conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Ken Worthington with J.P. Morgan. Please proceed with your question. Kenneth Worthington - J.P. Morgan Hi. Good morning. J. Christopher Donahue...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- KLA-Tencor Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Tim Arcuri with Citigroup. Tim Arcuri - Citigroup Hi, guys. Two things. First of all, Jeff, obviously the EPS guidance here is very strong. When you look at your cost structure relative to the financial model that...
- Earnings calls 2007-04-26
- Using ‘Power Curves' to Assess Industry Dynamics
- A new way of looking at industry structures reveals startling patterns of inequality among even the largest companies. Major crises and downturns often produce shakeouts that redefine industry structures. However, these crises do not fundamentally change an underlying structural trend: the increasing inequality in the...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- MoneyGram International, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Kartik Mehta. Please proceed. Kartik Mehta - FTN Midwest Research Good afternoon. Philip W. Milne - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good afternoon, Kartik. Kartik...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions You first question comes from Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley. Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley Wondering if you could make some comments about the U.S. corn curve has moved up about $0.60 in the last six weeks alone and I’m just wondering if there’s been...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-22
- Reserve to hold fire on rates
- THE Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated it might not raise interest rates next month, after it acknowledged that rapid rises could jeopardise the Australian economy's return to strength. The decision to increase the official cash rate from 3.25 to 3.5 per cent yesterday was widely predicted by the financial...
- News items 2009-11-03
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