Yield
Plain definition. Yield measures how much income an investment pays over a set period, usually a year, compared with its price, and it is normally shown as a percentage.
Technical definition. FINRA defines yield as a measure of the income an investment pays during a specific period, typically a year, divided by the investment’s price, typically expressed as a percentage. For a bond bought at issue, the yield equals its interest rate or coupon rate. A stock’s yield is the year’s dividend divided by its market price, so a stock that pays no dividend has no yield.
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On this site, Yield comes up in What happened to XRP held with crypto lenders that collapsed in 2022?, What does the public evidence show about what drives XRP’s price? and How are XRP yield, lending income, AMM fees and airdrops taxed?.
Source
Evaluating Performance | FINRA.org (finra.org), read October 1, 2026.