In theory, the resulting efficiencies should mean that Germany could raise its poor average rate of return on invested capital.

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The clothing outfitter's average expected rate of return over the next 10 years is 17.8%, according to Reese's Buffett strategy, another reason it gets strong interest from the Buffett model.

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Caxton Global Investment returned 0.7% net of fees in 2011, better than the average hedge fund but far from the rate of return Caxton investors have been accustomed to. 2012 has been no kinder to the firm, down -3.4% net of fees through July 2012.

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Over the past 15 years and 40 shows, Baruch says, his company has posted an average annual 40% internal rate of return.

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While the amount will not be diversified, it will receive a guaranteed rate of return, which could be an average of prime rate plus 2%.

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In fact, the 14.6% average return in years of an NFC win is exactly double the rate of return in years when AFC teams take home the championship.

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Those born right after World War II will earn, on average, a 2.4% real rate of return.

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The rate of return on easy access accounts has fallen by an average of 68% over the past two years, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.

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The dispersion is somewhat larger when measuring average annual returns (annualized return, recall, is the compounded or geometric rate of return during a multiple-year time period).

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In the 433 months since trading freely following 1973's demise of the Bretton Woods exchange-rate system, gold has had a 7.1% average annual return, achieved solely from six relatively brief spikes.

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