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Positive yield curve
A situation in which long-term Debt instruments have higher yields than short-term Debt instruments. This is the usual condition, and happens because investors Demand a higher Return for taking on the additional Risk of the longer-term investment. also called Normal yield curve .
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Call , Debt , Demand , High , Instrument , Long , Long-term , Long-term debt , Normal yield curve , Return , Risk , Short-term , Short , Term , Yield , Yield curve
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10-K ,
52-week high ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Average accounting return ,
Accrual of discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Aggregate demand ,
Aggregate demand curve ,
Aggregate supply curve ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Annual return ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Amortization term ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Automatic investment plan ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Ad valorem ,
Amended return ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bearer instrument ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond equivalent yield ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bank term loan ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Balanced investment strategy ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Capital investment ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Current debt ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Convertible debt ,
Coupon yield ,
Credit risk ,
Current yield ,
Call money rate ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Country risk ,
Convertible term insurance ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Consumer debt ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Covered call ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Consolidated tax return ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Debt service coverage ,
Demand deposit ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Debt ,
Debt capital ,
Debt-equity swap ,
Debt financing ,
Debt limit ,
Debt market ,
Debt shelf ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Demand ,
Demand elasticity ,
Demand inflation ,
Demand-pull inflation ,
Desk (the) ,
Diminishing return ,
Division of labor ,
Decreasing term life ,
Demand rights ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debt consolidation ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Debt retirement ,
Debt service ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Default risk ,
Demand loan ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Defensive investment strategy ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Daily high ,
Depth of market ,
Discount yield ,
Downside risk ,
Effective debt ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Either-or order ,
Earnings yield ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Excluded risk ,
Ex-all ,
Expected return ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Financial instrument ,
First call date ,
Flat yield curve ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Foreign Debt ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Fee-for-service ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Financial risk ,
Full faith and credit ,
Funded debt ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Fixed investment trust ,
Free right of exchange ,
Guaranteed Investment Contract ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
Gross National Debt ,
G-8 ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Going long ,
Going short ,
High-grade bond ,
High yield ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High ,
High-flyer ,
High-tech stock ,
Holder in due course ,
High credit ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home equity debt ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Historical yield ,
Head and shoulders ,
High-low index ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Investment flows ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate risk ,
Intermediate-term ,
Inverted yield curve ,
Investment bill ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment letter ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment banker ,
Investment Bankers Association ,
Investment banking ,
Investment banking group ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Indicated yield ,
In line ,
Investment multiplier ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
Instrument ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Investment company ,
Investment fund ,
Investment objective ,
Investment policy ,
Investment trust ,
I/O strip ,
Investment property ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Investment philosophy ,
Individual tax return ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Junior debt ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint return ,
Joint tax return ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Limited risk ,
Long ,
Long Bond ,
Long position ,
Long-term ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Laffer Curve ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Long hedge ,
Level term insurance ,
Long-term care insurance ,
Long-term debt ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Load-adjusted return ,
Long leg ,
Long straddle ,
Long-term lease ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Long squeeze ,
Medium-term ,
Medium-term bond ,
Mezzanine debt ,
Minimum yield ,
Minus yield ,
Municipal investment trust ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Monetizing debt ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage debt ,
Mortgage risk ,
Mean return ,
Market return ,
Net investment ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable instrument ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negative yield curve ,
Normal yield curve ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
National Debt ,
Normal market ,
No-Fault ,
No-Action Letter ,
Null and void ,
No-lien affidavit ,
Nonrecourse debt ,
Notice of Default ,
No-load ,
Naked call ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Non-investment property ,
Normal retirement age ,
No-load stock ,
Normal distribution ,
New high ,
No book ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off the books ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Option pricing curve ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
Overlapping debt ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Positive yield curve ,
Preferred debt ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Primary instrument ,
Provisional call feature ,
Payment for order flow ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Private debt ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Profit-taking ,
Put/call ratio ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Quick turn ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ,
Return ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Round turn ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Retail investor ,
Risk capital ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Short-term reserves ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Short bond ,
Short-term ,
Sovereign debt ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Supply curve ,
Systemic risk ,
Short hedge ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory investment ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Senior debt ,
Subordinated debt ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Systematic investment plan ,
Selling the spread ,
Short leg ,
Short market value ,
Short straddle ,
Special use property ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Special situation ,
Selling short ,
Selling short against the box ,
Short ,
Short cover ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short position ,
Short purchase ,
Short sale rule ,
Short squeeze ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Short swing profits ,
Short swing rules ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Term CD ,
T-Bill ,
Term ,
Term bond ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Total return ,
Trailing P/E ,
Term insurance ,
Total return index ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Term deposit ,
Term loan ,
Truth in Lending ,
Term trust ,
Tenancy at will ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Tax return ,
Take a bath ,
Term repo ,
Term sheet ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Underlying debt ,
Unlimited risk ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit Investment Trust ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Waiver of premium ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield ,
Yield burning ,
Yield curve ,
Yield elbow ,
Yield spread ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Zero-investment portfolio