The yield that investors earn on 10 year U.S. Treasury Bonds will be higher than the yield investors earn on bonds issued by Microsoft that have a similar maturity because Microsoft is a less risky enterprise than the U.S. Government. (you must compare bonds of similar maturity. Use the Microsoft bond with the CUSIP of 594918BY9 for comparison even though it has shorter maturity than ten years.) Use this website to search for bonds to compare)