Sentences with phrase «with paltry returns»

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.

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Though the company had been earning small profits since 2005, the Mirzas were hardly satisfied with what they viewed as a paltry return for all the time and energy they had invested in the business.

Since inflation is the foreseeable result of developed nations «saddled with large indebtedness relative to income (i.e., GDP) and large fiscal deficits,» today's paltry yields are bound to generate negative real return, Malkiel argued.

So far, the S&P TSX is among the worst performing markets in the world this year; over a longer horizon, it doesn't get much better, with Canadian equities having delivered a paltry 4 per cent annualized return over the past decade.»

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.

Set in 1879, the small town of Rose Creek has been invaded by mining mogul Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), who's offered the citizens two options: take his paltry sum of money for their land or deal with the consequences when he returns in three weeks.

The year is 1879, and the small town of Rose Creek has been invaded by an evil mining baron named Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), who presents the townspeople with an ultimatum: accept his paltry offer to buy their land or stay and suffer the consequences when he returns in three weeks.

However, the accounts offer a paltry rate of return compared with other investments.

Instead of a 2 - per - cent return in «high - interest» savings (a paltry yield that barely keeps pace with inflation), it may be possible to earn 5 per cent or more in diversified dividend - paying mutual funds.

FWIW, with dividends reinvested, WMT returned 101 % from 2/19/10 until yesterday, despite that «paltry» 2 + pct dividend.

Missing a +23 % annual return for five years, while getting stuck with a paltry 0.25 % return in a savings account or 3 - 4 % annual return achieved in bonds, can harm the psyche and make savers bitter.

With average mutual fund fees in the 2 % range and bonds paying 2 %, conservative or balanced mutual funds are destined to pay paltry returns.

This bond fund pays a paltry 1.75 % annual return, so it is geared towards investors who are more concerned with maximizing social impact.

Last year, for example, when the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index posted a paltry total return of 1.4 % with dividends included, 66 % of «actively managed» large - company stock funds posted smaller returns than the index, according to the latest SPIVA U.S. Scorecard released Wednesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices.

With Canadian 10 - year bonds currently offering a paltry 4 % yield, this extra return is a welcome bonus for income - hungry investors.

Kickstarter was nominated as the crowdfunding platform of choice, but a paltry return coupled with the growing skepticism surrounding «overreaching games and overreaching promises» forced the creative team to relocate their campaign onto a long - term, internal platform.

Particularly so if the object of the exercise appears to have such paltry returns to begin with, which is clearly the case with the Govt's CPRS targets.