If we add one to the return, then you've got a number that's never negative and we can then use geometric returns.

然后加上1,你永远也得不到一个负数,然后我们对这个值求几何平均

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In that year, we were early on in terms of diversifying the portfolio -we'd only been working on that program for two years -and even so,the negative return was less than 1%, so it was a modest negative return.

在那一年,我们还处于投资组合多元化的初期,刚刚开始2年,即便如此,股灾时我们的亏损小于1%,这只是一个轻微的亏损

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Likewise, there was a nearly 27 year period where gold produced a negative nominal compound return and a significantly negative real return.

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In a world where annual inflation is running at a 3% rate (actually more if you think for a moment about your rising healthcare and educational costs), there is an overwhelming demand for a security whose rate of return is a negative real (inflation-adjusted) rate of 3%.

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Most REITs in the category have provided a total return of 1% to 5% this year, compared with a negative 0.5% return for all REITs, according to PaineWebber.

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