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Ares Capital has earned investors a 10% annual return over the last 4.5 years with dividends reinvested, while American Capital has lost investors more than 20% over the same time period with dividends reinvested.

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In the last six years this fund has averaged an annual return of negative 8%.

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Over the last decade the fund has had an average annual return of 8.6% versus 5.7% for the MSCI World.

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Jack has an astounding 34.6% average annual return on his portfolio for the last ten years.

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Over the last five years the stock has had an average annual total return of 12%, and it currently yields 8.4%.

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Up until 2009 his average annual return was closer to 20%, but during the last two years John has underperformed badly.

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