Remember, this thing only runs for sixty days and you could compute your sixty-day return, but people like to compare annual returns-- once again, a tradition we have.
In the chart (see above) we display the return profile for a product like the Merrill note: a three-times return in the 0%-to-6% range, a flat 18% return if the market does better than 6% and a full participation in losses if the market goes down.
Palmer has gone a step farther, asking fans who are musicians to play with her during her tour in returnfor things like beer, food and the joy of playing.
However, he argues that the return on investment for a company like IBM or a similarly large business can be so substantial merely from utilizing software to get real-time visibility into their currency exposure.