interest rates and share yields

A way of comparing the performance of BONDS and SHARES.

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The calculations for the rate of return for shares and the rate of return for bonds are different because shares yield dividends, while bonds carry interest.

Dividends are again a significant component of the total return on US stocks.

The index that reflects the performance of the top 30 US blue-chip stocks

The Canadian markets were slightly negative for the quarter.

An annualized return gives you a better idea of how a stock or fund performed and makes it easier to compare them over the long term.

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Historically, equities have outperformed fixed-income, but equities tend to be riskier.

When inflation creeps up, the performance of equities and bonds historically trends down.

Our studies show that more than half of the value comes from sharing.

You achieve a lot of the return of stocks without as much volatility.

Broad-market Canadian bonds provided negative returns as yields went up by 0.3 per cent while Canadian equities earned a positive return.

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