About Salman Khan
Salman Khan is the Founder, Executive Director, and Faculty of the Khan Academy, whose mission is to provide a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere. He has worked for both hedge funds and Fortune 500 companies and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was the president of his class. He also attended MIT, where he received three degrees: a Masters in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and a B.S. in Mathematics.More Topics Explained
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The Yield Curve: CNBC Explains
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Thursday, 16 Jun 2011 | 10:43 AM ET
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Yield curves help investors understand the relationship between bonds of differing time horizons to maturity. Understanding the yield curve is important to investors because easily comparing yields allows them to understand their return on investment and make investment decisions based upon these future payouts. Salman Khan of the Khan Academy gives a basic overview of how yield curves are constructed.
From this video, you’ll understand:
- What the term “yield curve” means
- How yield curves are constructed
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