The remaining investment may produce less return, but the risk is more acceptable.
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This was a clever move ahead of Thursday's interest rate cut which meant savers getting even less return on their money.
It's hard to imagine veterans of any war would want to shake hands with their enemies, much less return battle souvenirs to their families.
The risk-adjusted return may be less impressive than the simple return.
The study shows that owners of vehicles that fail an emissions test are 11 percent less likely to return to that facility the following year, which implies that those same customers also are less likely to use that business for future repairs and routine service.
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Thus despite the smaller paycheck, the non-greedy CEO would return less value to shareholders.
Some return less than 0.25%, and that's before expenses, which many funds absorb for marketing purposes.
It is quite conceivable that stocks, while you hold them, will return less than your mortgage costs.
Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.
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The researchers demonstrated this by separately testing both kinds of trustees, those that decided to return the expected amount of money and those that decided to return less.
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Passive investing offers the already-rich a steady return with less risk and, ultimately, lower costs.
If you wished, you could literally fill out your income tax return in less than 20 minutes.
But over that same time period, equity investors earned an annual compounded return of less than 4%.
After all, for long-term investors daily prices are much less significant to total return than the actual coupon.
Academia and non-profits historically realize a less than 2% return on their innovation.
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When she tried to return, less than a year later, William Shawn balked.
And yesterday, Mayor Ray Nagin predicted that in the near future, New Orleans may only return to less than half its former size.
Higher borrowing costs deter private-sector companies, but do not discourage inefficient state-owned enterprises, because they are less bothered about their return on capital.
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Since 1999, the large cap SPY has produced a total return of less that 10%, while the SPDR Midcap 400 (MDY) is up 100%.
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Greater return with less risk is the Holy Grail of investing.
And last year is going to be a less than stellar tax return for everybody that's had a problem, that is going to come to the SBA for help.
Ginola was targeted by the home fans after he was quoted to have said that Shearer was "playing on his name", and the crowd will be no less animated upon his return.
It may be that parliamentarians, sensing this mood in their constituencies during their break, will return even less willing to help Mr de Villepin and his government make a Houdini-like escape from its travails.
Middle American's parent, Super American Tissue, owned by Gabayzadeh and Elghanayan, ended up retiring the DLJ bonds, giving DLJ a 42% return in less than two years, partly with American Tissue's funds, the suit says.
During the trial the testimony of the key witness for the prosecution (who had cut a deal with the government for less jail time in return for pointing a finger at a higher-up like Tobin) was effectively impeached.
His return spells only less likelihood of success for Dell, because he is admittedly married to it.
But, that consumer purchasing trend seems to be less prevalent now as consumers return to smaller stores.
The new system will allow parties in some regions to return candidates with less than 10% of the vote.
The Bavarian proposes that patients should be able to pay less for health insurance in return for lower basic benefits, buying extra treatment if they need it.
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