Sentences with phrase «paltry returns on»

Stocks have racked up hefty gains, while the lowest interest rates in a generation have meant paltry returns on bonds, cash accounts and other fixed - income investments.

There is still no clear indication from the Fed on when the interest rates will rise - leaving risk - averse investors with paltry returns on cash and bond holdings.

Women may reduce men's risky bets, and men may lessen women's preference for paltry returns on treasury bonds and CD's.

If the average ante for a suit were $ 2 million, but the average recovery facing the litigants were $ 50 million, that doesn't sound like an exorbitant transaction cost or a paltry return on investment.

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While his goal haul remains paltry, the early returns on Dzeko (think early fall) were promising.

Even before the EU vote, which caused the Dow Jones to drop by more than 600 points Friday, DiNapoli's office earlier this month reported that the fiscal year that ended on March 31 was the worst since 2009 for the $ 178 million state pension fund, which had a paltry 0.19 % rate of return on investments.

Unlike the long and intriguing «Birth of Studio Ghibli» or «The Making of The Cat Returns» on Nausicaä's and Cat's DVDs, respectively, Porco only features a paltry 3 - minute interview with Ghibli director Toshio Suzuki.

If a company's return on its capital is paltry, particularly if it falls short of the cost for that capital, than essentially not much can redeem that business in my eyes, not even spectacular growth.

Activist investors may have an effect in the short run, but on the whole, the effects of activism on the index returns as a whole will be paltry at best.

The usual suspects of CDs, bonds, and the like have been giving paltry returns and unless you want to tie your money up for several years, inflation could cause you to lose money on those options.

They would have ignored the materials sector and its paltry dividends and missed out on more than a 50 % return (albeit from a low point in 2015).

It's no wonder then that, assuming the company can meet earnings estimates, the return on shareholder equity in 2002 will be a paltry 3 %.

If redeemed in store at Tesco this is a rather paltry 0.25 % return on spending.

The average annualized five - year total return on world bond funds is a paltry 1.2 %.

The paltry return you get on your money in the bank is eaten away in a month anyway.

Now, if your lights are turned on, you're correctly thinking, «Yeah that's true in 529 plans because the time frame is much shorter than IRAs, and you're assuming paltry 21st century average investment returns.»

The returns on PPF are always in single digits and most of it is taken away by inflation, leaving a paltry sum for future.