In the chart (see above) we display the return profile for a product like the Merrill note: a three-times return in the 0%-to-6% range, a flat 18% return if the market does better than 6% and a full participation in losses if the market goes down.
Palmer has gone a step farther, asking fans who are musicians to play with her during her tour in return for things like beer, food and the joy of playing.
However, he argues that the return on investment for a company like IBM or a similarly large business can be so substantial merely from utilizing software to get real-time visibility into their currency exposure.
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Insurance is supposed to mean a contract, by which a company pays for large, unanticipated expenses in return for a premium: expenses like your house burning down, your car getting stolen or a big medical bill.
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Going solar accelerates the return on investment for drivers of cars like the Honda Fit EV, the electric version of its popular subcompact, and owners also get to zero out their carbon emissions by fueling from the sun.
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If you're not yet completely convinced that the time is ripe for HTC's return to the Nexus world, I'd like to offer up one final thought for consideration.
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It took a quarter of a century for relations to return to something like normal.
There has been a return to very modest growth in underlying or like-for-like sales in the second half of 2012-13, in spite of recent weeks' headwinds from horse in the mince, although growth at Sainsbury remains faster.
If Cablevision officials could speak candidly, they might express some sympathy for their soon-to-be competitors--the cable industry went through the same process 20 and 30 years ago, when it first secured franchise agreements, offering towns incentives like community access channels in return for the right to pipe TV into their homes.
After all, a 3.3% yield for 10 years seemed like a fair return.
This time around with debt markets collapsing and private real estate ever more dependent on large amounts of debt to maintain normal equity rates of return, it looks like private real estate values are in for a tumble.
Behind the scenes, we have people like David and Megan Ellison who both return for a second year.
Who wouldn't like to return to high school, if only for a few days, knowing what we know now?
First Descents offers spots in hard t0 enter events like the New York City Marathon in return for participates pledging to fund raise for FD.
Unlike a stock or bond, for which you loan money to an entity with the expectation of earning a return for the risk you took, buying commodities is like buying physical assets.
During the trial the testimony of the key witness for the prosecution (who had cut a deal with the government for less jail time in return for pointing a finger at a higher-up like Tobin) was effectively impeached.
Value investors like Einhorn are known for wanting companies to return any excess capital to shareholders.
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When presented separately like this, the additional rate of return from dividends for CSX Corp shareholders becomes undeniably evident.
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It still feels like an uphill climb for people who want to return to work to find jobs.
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"I'm not going out like that, " he said, vowing to return for 2013.
In practice, it seemed to charm even those, like the Socialist Party, who longed for the return of the men in black hats.
Britain has become less like Scandinavia, where young people tend to leave home at 18 or 19 and never return, and more like a Mediterranean country, where kids can stick around for decades.
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Online retailers like Amazon and Zappos make it easy for customers to return items with pre-printed return labels.
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He developed the classical flu like symptoms withing a week of his return and was in hospital for four days.
For parents like Christine Wilford, hearing that her son could eventually return to Sandy Hook Elementary was welcome news.
That still might not be enough for a mission anytime soon, and a return to the moon seems like a more likely destination.
And some of the newer bond ETFs (like PIMCO Total Return ETF, BOND) show signs of being real competitors for bond funds down the road.
In return for advising affiliates, DFJ shares profits and gets access to new deals, like Utah- based EmWare, a Novell spinoff that provides Internet connection for products like vending machines and locks.
Though shares tumbled today, it looks like a number of options strategists are positioning for the magic to eventually return.
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And, like all employees who have sold a large chunk of his integrity in return for a quiet life, he'll expect something back for it.
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