Furthermore, bonds give you a return of investment, whereas stocks merely provide a return on investment.
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They give a stream of income, offer returns that are uncorrelated to those of stocks, and provide a return of investment (barring defaults, of course).
The movie might do poorly at the box office and investors never see any return on their investment, or even a return of their investment.
Governments are also under tremendous pressure to keep their pension fund rate of return high: the lower the rate of return on investment, the greater the pension obligations become.
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The more uncertainty you inject into the return of an investment, the more it will skid around in value and therefore on its chart.
Large power companies such as NRG Energy Inc. and Mid American Energy Holdings Co. have been buying solar projects because the low prices of panels are improving the return on investment of such projects.
The Council's report, Business Travel - A Catalyst for Economic Performance, also finds that business travel yields a return on investment of ten to one (in the US, the return is larger - 12 to 1).
Most offer a return over the life of the investment that is a multiple of the return on some index (or with its Bear Market Notes, the decline in that index).
It may be revenue or recognition, but there is some sort of expectation that there is a return on the investment of their time and sharing.
Value investors often look closely at dividend policies as a part of total return on an investment and an indicator of the financial strength and prospects for a company.
"Street fundraising is one of the better ways in terms of the return on the investment and the amount of money that goes straight to a charity, " he said.
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That's the sort of return on investment NASA is proud to give back to America and the world.
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Lower rates of return discourage investment, meaning fewer jobs and slower wage growth.
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When asked to rate expertise and likeliness of return on investment, projects with female names were consistently rated less viable.
But many corporate respondents to our survey say it's hard for them to judge the return on investment of an E.
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Finally, any investor who chose not to renew his loan and instead sought a return of his principal investment would be banned from further participation.
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The greater the spread between the high-interest debt and the rate of return on investment, the greater the financial advantage for paying off the debt first.
The return on investment of going to Harvard or another top-10 business school has remained relatively high, but the return on going to lesser schools is very questionable.
With data like that, Next Big Sound promises to predict album sales within 20% accuracy for 85% of artists, giving labels a clearer idea of return on investment.
He moved back to the company's base in London and held a series of finance jobs, wedding his knowledge of petroleum engineering to the discipline of return on investment.
On the other, they need to maintain profitability and limit risk, and traditionally, reaching these populations has required the development of costly infrastructure with little guarantee of return on investment.
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That makes it crucial that students and their families understand the factors that affect the risk and return of a college investment in order to swing the math in their favor.
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The hope is that this will motivate others to contribute to the Layer, help other content owners reach their viewers, and increase the return on investment of all those TV taxes.
The only way I have been able to think of to put a serious break on the process is to put some sort of cap on the amount of return on investment that can receive preferential treatment.
And many families also keep a sizable amount of money in their savings account or continue to put money into their 401(k)s, while still carrying thousands of dollars in credit-card debt--even though dipping into savings and paying off their credit-card bills would guarantee them an immediate return on investment of 15% or 18%.
This line of thinking suggests that public pensions should use a risk-free investment return assumption rather than the investment return assumption used by most plans of between 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent.
The venture-capital industry specializes in locating and assuming the large risks of this sort of investment in return for a share of the rewards when successful.
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On top of the already high fees charged by a hedge fund a fifth of the investment return plus a management fee of 1-2% a fund of funds takes another slice, typically 10% of the return if the fund does well, plus a fee of around 1%.
If, for example, the fund invests in the hotel or leisure sector, the Sharia board must be satisfied that the income that will be used to repay the investors, in the form of rental or return on investment, is not made up of income from the sale of prohibited items such as alcohol.
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The good news is that a good rate of return on your college investment can be found on plenty of campuses across the country, and a lot of that depends on you and your individual experience.
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