Mr Madoff claimed to achieve healthy, stable returns through a whizzy stock- and options-trading strategy.
But safe, stable returns are what will eventually lure even the most reluctant investors into the game.
How did Stanford attract so many despite being a complex, opaque operation in a lightly regulated jurisdiction, offering oddly stable returns?
Their attachment to the wheat board derives not only from the stable returns it gave them but also from their forefathers' grievances against big grain companies.
These days, if they have endowments to invest, most nonprofits have little interest in conservative investments like corporate bonds and preferred shares that produce moderate, stable returns.
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Creating more stable returns and preserving capital is critical to increasing compound returns over time since the lower the portfolio loss in a declining market, the lower the recovery needed to restore lost value.
In many ways, medical office buildings offer the most stable and dependable returns in the health care real estate sector.
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Musharraf insists that his continued rule as president is vital if Pakistan is to remain stable as it returns to democracy.
Still, Ms. Cai said corporate bonds are appealing as they offer stable and relatively high returns.
Winning in Japan will require adroit stock picking, with a focus on stable earnings growth, returns to shareholders, and share of revenues from emerging country business.
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If you believe this historic range of returns set up a reasonably stable constant like gravity, then building companies with these metrics in mind is critical.
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Many stable-value investors should prepare themselves for lower returns.
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