What will happen if the returns no longer justify top-tier budgets?

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Why are some folks able to make huge returns in the stock market, if as economists argue there is no systematic way to make above average returns?

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And, if the customer says no thanks, Buyback returns the device for free.

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But the returns to that are limited if no one wants to borrow.

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Under a performance-share plan launched in 2007, executive officers get no shares if Lilly investors see zero or negative returns over a three-year period.

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No matter where the problem is located, if it returns after they rest, get them checked out, she says.

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Do you need more proof that the traditional fundamental analysis no longer works if the goal is to consistently make good returns?

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But his trading costs and management fees are likely to eat up at least 2.5 percentage points, leaving his clients no better off than if they had bought an index fund that simply mimics the returns of the overall market.

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If no investor had any clear advantage over another, would there be a range of yearly returns in the mutual fund industry from significant losses to 50% profits, or more?

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The greater point is that if the federal government loses some of our Social Security savings, or simply achieves lousy returns, we have no legal right to empty our Social Security accounts in favor of outside managers.

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