Do your communities yield similar real-world value along the way (easier sales, faster product launches, etc)?
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When they are deeply below net-asset value, as high-yield bond funds are now, they can be very good buys.
Other areas to look for yield and value include some of the beaten-down telecom companies such as BellSouth and SBC Communications, as well as REITs--particularly the apartment variety.
And obviously, this is a bigger issue for well-known people because their images yield a monetary value.
This eases the cash flow of a strapped business, and the time value of money makes such investment yield a higher (after-tax) rate of return.
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So long-bond buyers in today's market run the risk of purchasing something that is extremely likely to lose value while gaining nothing or next to nothing in yield pick-up.
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While Grasslands only just completed its first year in operation, rancher Jim Howell reports that the two South Dakota ranches are expected to double in value and in productivity over a ten-year period and to yield annual dividends on the order of 4% to 5% in the early years, increasing to 10% to 11%.
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AAA-rated mortgage bond even one with a high yield would never lose value.
To prevent yield chasing, most stable value funds prohibit transfers to similar options, such as a money market or short-term bond fund.
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In fact, the interest rate - or yield - on Portuguese sovereign debt has risen relentlessly, especially in the last week, as the deal to cut the value of Greek debt owned by the private sector has moved closer to a reality.
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