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Bond Yields & the Yield Curve
Read the yield curve with an interactive widget and know what it signals.
Inside this lesson
- Explain the inverse relationship between bond prices and yields.
- Identify the three main shapes of the yield curve (normal, flat, inverted).
- Calculate a bond's simple current yield.
- Describe why the yield curve shape is watched by market participants.
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