Category: Glossary

10 Year Treasury Yield

The 10 Year Treasury Note Yield is the yield offered by the United States Government Bond with a residual duration of 10 years. Talking about Government debt, the 10 years bond yield is very important because it’s considered a measure of the economic health of a country. For this reason, the 10 Year Treasure Note […]

Government Bonds Definition

A Government Bond is debt issued by a government. It’s like other bonds, it follows the same behaviour, but the issuer is a Sovereign Government, which often can be considered safer than other entities. Following a monetary policy, Governments usually issue bonds to gather money for their domestic projects and for money supply balancing. If we consider all bonds belonging […]

Bonds Definition

A bond is an investment where creditors can get a fixed income, already known at the time of purchase Purchasing bonds, investors loan money to an entity, which is obliged to refund money and interests in pre-established times. Bonds issuers are tipically: Companies Municipalities States and Sovereign Governments They use bonds to gather money and finance their activities. Investors (or creditors, or bondholders) usually […]