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San Leandro Investment Policy StatementPage 15of 15 R EALIZED Y IELD. The change in value of the portfolio due to interest received and interest earned and realized gains and losses. It does not give effect to changes in market value on securities, which have not been sold from the portfolio. R EGIONAL D EALER. A financial intermediary that buys and sells securities for the benefit of its customers without maintaining substantial inventories of securities and that is not a primary dealer. R EPURCHASE A GREEMENT. Short-term purchases of securities with a simultaneous agreement to is a reverse repurchase agreement. S AFEKEEPING. A service to bank customers whereby securities are held by the bank in the S TRUCTURED N OTE. A complex, fixed income instrument, which pays interest, based on a formula tied to other interest rates, commodities or indices. Examples include inverse floating rate notes which have coupons that increase when other interest rates are falling, and which fall when other interest rates are rising, and "dual index floaters," which pay interest based on the relationship between two other interest rates - for example, the yield on the ten-year Treasury note minus the Libor rate. Issuers of such notes lock in a reduced cost of borrowing by purchasing interest rate swap agreements. S UPRANATIONAL. A Supranational is a multi-national organization whereby member states transcend national boundaries or interests to share in the decision making to promote economic development in the member countries. T OTAL R ATE OF R ETURN. return, which equates the beginning value of the portfolio with the ending value; it includes interest earnings, realized and unrealized gains, and losses in the portfolio. U.S. T REASURY O BLIGATIONS. Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Treasuries are considered to have no credit risk, and are the benchmark for interest rates on all other securities in the US and overseas. The Treasury issues both discounted securities and fixed coupon notes and bonds. T REASURY B ILLS. All securities issued with initial maturities of one year or less are issued as discounted instruments, and are called Treasury bills. The Treasury currently issues three- and six-month T- needed to smooth out cash flows. T REASURY N OTES. All securities issued with initial maturities of two to ten years are called Treasury notes, and pay interest semi-annually. T REASURY B ONDS. All securities issued with initial maturities greater than ten years are called Treasury bonds. Like Treasury notes, they pay interest semi-annually. V OLATILITY. The rate at which security prices change with changes in general economic conditions or the general level of interest rates. Y IELD TO M ATURITY. The annualized internal rate of return on an investment which equates the expected cash flows from the investment to its cost.