But that assumes their contributions earn high rates of return, keeping up with wage growth.
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But the leadership team at Skanska is proving that anyone can apply innovation for high rates of return.
When I compared rates of return for muni paper and Treasuries with comparable duration, I came in second.
Full integration would equalise the expected rates of return on countries' bonds when measured in a single currency.
Because new competitors never stop beating down rates of return on old success formulas, and markets never stop shifting.
Where business gains a footing, demagoguery over rates of return can cripple plans.
Because the earnings yield is a rate of return, it can be directly compared with other rates of return.
Lower rates of return discourage investment, meaning fewer jobs and slower wage growth.
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The former means grinning and bearing the low rates of return, while hoping that capital appreciation will offset low yields.
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Some bond customers wanted super-safe bonds with low returns, some others wanted riskier bonds with correspondingly higher rates of return.
For years they have guaranteed rates of return above what they can earn in an era of low interest rates.
Drill rig operators' rates of return on their incremental capital spending is 15% or better--something they haven't experienced in 30 years.
Second, as AP reported, Iran itself discourages foreign investors in its energy sector by offering deals with low rates of return.
My focus shifted from rates of return, leading market indicators, portfolio volatility, and news headlines to long-term goals and overall strategy.
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Even seemingly small differences in rates of return can produce large effects for a person who has saved a lot of money.
The following tables will give you an idea of the amount required per year with different time horizons and rates of return.
For lenders, the fast-growing sites offer competitive rates of return and the opportunity to easily participate in the cornerstone activity of capitalism.
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Although private equity funds have, until very recently, provided fairly consistent rates of return, they have certain pronounced disadvantages to many investors.
Super Bowl wins by the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers have generally correlated to incredible rates of return.
Expected rates of return on pension portfolios are going down, not up.
Once built, meanwhile, the transmission system would get federally-regulated rates of return.
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Conservatives like to pretend that Social Security is an extravagant welfare program so even these pitiful rates of return are inexcusably high.
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Companies compensate for higher taxes and lower rates of return partly with lower wages and higher prices, which disproportionately impact the poor.
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But he ignores the fact that savers are incurring permanent losses by being deprived of normal rates of return on risk-free assets.
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Interest-rate ceilings, government-directed lending and insider relationships between banks and borrowers have all served to channel credit without regard for rates of return.
As trillions in short-term Treasuries mature, the dwindling pool of buyers will demand higher rates of return to compensate them for the risk.
When you do not believe you can earn rates of return greater than the rate of interest on your mortgage from your investments.
Mikkal Herberg, a former oil executive, told the wire service that Iran today offers rates of return of between 6-10 percent to foreign investors.
Our complicated income tax system favors special interests and cronies and causes our economic resources to be diverted to activities with low rates of return.
America's slowdown has not shaken investors' belief that, over the longer term, America will offer faster productivity growth and hence higher rates of return than Europe.
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