Can anyone explain the YIELD field for "/api/Quotes/Quotes.svc/REST/Quotes_1/RetrieveItem_3"

nicholas.balsamo

I am having difficulty understanding the "YIELD" (field number 35) returned in a request to "/api/Quotes/Quotes.svc/REST/Quotes_1/RetrieveItem_3"

From the field look up I found "For equities the dividend per share expressed as a percentage of the price. For bonds this is the current or simple yield i.e. the interest expressed as a percentage of the price."

However this field does not seem to change with the price or even daily with close/open. It's possible it's updated on some cadence but there is no documentation about that.

I was hoping to replaces our DSS calls for dividend yield with this field but it seems like it's not viable.

wasin.w

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