Annual Percentage Yield is a reflection of the amount of interest you are likely to earn on a given investment. You will typically see this term when looking at the interest rates for savings accounts and CD’s because it takes into account compounding and is slightly higher than its counterpart the Annual Percentage Rate.
Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
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