equity risk premium

equity risk premium definition - finance
The earnings yield on an equity benchmark, such as the S&P 500 Index, minus the risk-free rate of money. Typically, the risk-free rate is the rate paid on Treasury bills.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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