Depends on your perspective really: The Japanese are still rich (but maybe not getting richer), and the average worker's salary may have fallen, but deflation has allowed them to basically maintain their living standards &
also earn a decent return on their savings.
Not exact matches
To even
earn a
decent return, you'd have to overcome not only dividend and capital gains taxes, but
also the 2 % to 2.25 % fees that hit you up from the very first moment you open an account.
Heins
also said that the tablet market had become so competitive that it was hard to
earn a
decent profit from selling them, and that he owed it to «shareholders to provide a
return on investment.»
Sandy Geffen
also cautions home owners to guard against the most common pitfall, over-capitalising, which will not only diminish
return on investment in the long term but could
also defeat the object of
earning a
decent income in the short term because the costs outweigh the revenue.