If inflation rises, the low yield could cause you to lose money on an inflation-adjusted basis.
In other words, the low yield implies expectations for a slackening of economic growth.
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In his June investment outlook, Mr. Gross acknowledged the downside risk in holding Treasury bonds, especially at these low yield levels.
Take the 10-year US Treasuries, for instance, which trades 20 percent above par, at a historically low yield of near 2 percent.
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Many initial strikes can go dry quickly or give a low yield.
U.S. 10-year Treasury notes hit a record low yield below 1.6% Thursday, to underscore the investor risk aversion in the market place.
The 30-Year bond record low yield was 2.508 set in December 2008.
Two-year Treasury notes were auctioned for a record low yield of 0.769%.
While it is true that Treasuries are holding near record-low yield levels, the second half of last year saw rates creep slowly higher.
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The price on the five year Brazil global 2015 was 120.75 for a jaw droppingly low yield for an emerging market 1.42%.
Money market accounts are providing virtually no return, especially with two-year Treasuries auctioned at a record low yield of 0.665% earlier this week.
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The earnings yield of 7.4% also favors stocks, especially when compared to the extraordinarily low yield of 1.43% for the 10-year Treasury note.
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Investors holding the once risk-free bonds of the U.S. and Europe are getting a combination of low yield and amazing volatility in bond prices.
The euro fell 0.4% to 1.41 against the dollar Monday, and the 10-year German bund fell to a record low yield at 1.92% as prices climbed.
U.S. 10-Year Treasury note futures prices this week hit a fresh contract high, with the cash 10-year Treasury note hitting a new low yield near 1.68%.
Investors who bought in mid-2008, when Alliance was trading at a five-year-low yield of 4%, have still made 72% through increases in share price and dividends.
But there are fears that the failure of the budget talks could harm the Netherlands' prized AAA credit rating status and the low yield on government bonds.
The all time low yield for the 30-Year bond is 2.349% set on May 26, 2012 and the recent high yield is 3.118% set on September 17, 2012.
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As far as interest rates go: if these seniors had any idea what they were doing they would not be letting their funds sit in those low yield accounts.
These metrics define the main backdrop for stocks being too cheap to ignore, and the extremely low yield for the 30-Year bond is the main reason for cheap equity valuations.
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The yield on the 30-Year bond declined to 2.955% from 3.091% last week, but the all time low yield for the 30-Year bond is 2.349% set on May 26, 2012.
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The all time low yield for the 30-Year bond is 2.349% set on May 26, 2012 and the recent high yield was 3.118% set on September 17 after QE3 was announced.
Suddenly, the high cost and low yield of those markets may look like just the ticket, as they did two years ago when the commercial real estate market began to move toward recovery.
But the low yield achieved by Unilever and IBM is part of two further trends: the increased use of the bond markets by European companies and a new-found enthusiasm of investors for corporate debt.
However, the financial crisis in 2008 reduced returns across riskier asset classes, which resulted in investors pulling their money out and parking them in safe asset classes (low yield sovereign treasury bonds, fixed deposits, etc).
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Pegatron began making iPad Minis last year, but some people familiar with the situation said low yield rates meant volume was lower than originally planned and Foxconn ended up taking on the bulk of the production.
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Yes, MMFs gave only a low yield, yet even then it was superior to the yield one could get from a federally insured bank account, and it came with liquidity and a great reputation for safety.
Individual stock prices fluctuate between repetitive extremes of high dividend yield and low dividend yield.
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