For months now, economists have been predicting decent gains only to be disappointed.
Guardian Money decided to investigate, and we found some workers have enjoyed pretty decent gains.
For example, even though the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has enjoyed decent gains this month, it's been flat, over all, for the last nine months, suggesting lingering fear that the economy will slip into another recession.
As the third quarter began, investors were hoping for a quick end to the economic slowdown, and stocks had managed decent gains in the second quarter despite a long list of earnings warnings.
The boy band had finished third in 2010, and gone on to make decent gains in the British charts, before taking their preppy, 60s-influenced synth-pop to America – where they boomed, selling server-towers' worth of a first album, Up All Night.
These were winners toward the end of the last rally, and we sold them for fairly decent gains.
Lynch and Berkshire Hathaway Chairman >Warren Buffett Warren Buffett made careers of seeking out "value" stocks, priced at 10 or 12 times earnings, that would rocket if a company performed well but still make decent gains even if it didn't.
The first few months I started to see some pretty decent gains.
Crucially, this gain should come at decent profit margins since the rent on the stores has to be paid anyway.
If oil holds above the high $40 per barrel range, you'll probably get a decent capital gain to boot.
