The improvement was attributable to solid increases in total performance fees, total investment income, interest and dividend revenue, as well as other revenue.

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That makes for a total effective rate on investment income of 45%.

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Instead of paying out only investment income to current heirs, a total return unitrust pays a fixed percentage of its total value annually.

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We also continue to own some traditional bonds funds, such as PIMCO Total Return Fund, in addition to other income-oriented investment vehicles such as the Nuveen High Yield Bond Fund, which yields more than 7%.

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Total return investing abandons the artificial definitions of income and principal which led to numerous accounting and investment dilemmas.

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We added up each star's compensation on his or her last three films and the operating income on those films and divided total operating income by the star's total compensation to come up with each return on investment number.

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Finally, there is a new 3.8% flat tax on net investment income unless the investor has sold an actively managed business for a total of about 25%.

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We then divided gross income by each actor's total compensation for the three movies to come up with return on investment.

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