Sentences with phrase «fraction of a percent return»
From a mindful perspective, a virtual guarantee of a 1 % return is likely better than taking a gamble that you will either gain a mere fraction of a percent return or possibly just lose money.
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As far as excess reserves are concerned, B&K argued back in 2016 (when the IOER was a mere 0.25 %), «the only potential loans that would have been affected by the Fed's payment of interest are those with risk - adjusted short - term returns between precisely zero and one - quarter percent — surely a tiny fraction of the total.»
They'll use an active management strategy to try and achieve a return that's anywhere from a fraction of a percent to two percentage points higher than the index return.
A basis point (abbreviated as «bps» and sometimes pronounced «bips») is a unit that is equal to 1 / 100th of 1 %, and is often used instead of percentages when discussing interest rates, rates of return, and other percentage - based performance metrics that can occur as fractions of a percent.
This is a small percentage — anywhere from a fraction of a percent to as much as 2 % or more of your balance — that is skimmed off of your return.
Even amid calls that stocks are overpriced, for those with 30, 40, or even 50 years left before they'll need to tap their investments for living expenses, accepting returns of just a fraction of a percent makes little or no sense.
Cohen & Steers Realty Shares, the largest real estate mutual fund at nearly $ 700 million in assets, returned to investors just 7.5 percent in the first nine months of the year — a fraction of the 29.7 percent total return of the Standard & Poor's 500 index.