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In early 2004, Bayou provided materials to Goldman that claimed it had earned a return of almost 18percentt since its inception — a figure the suit says was "completely inconsistent with the actual returns the Bayou Funds had been realizing in their trading accounts at G.S.E.C., in which they had done nothing but lose money".

Recombinant Capital, a San Francisco consulting firm, calculated back in 1995 that an investor who put $100 into every biotechnology initial public offering since 1980 would have earned a return of only 1percentt a year.

INSIDE PITCH Oliver Perez might have earned a return trip to the starting rotation, even after a wobbly performance for Class AAA Buffalo on Friday.

The Economist's hypothetical prescient investor, Felicity Foresight, would have earned a return of 66% since the start of 2007, had she simply steered clear of the worst-performing sector each year.

An investor who placed a thousand dollars in the ten most fluently named stocks between 1990 and 2004 would have earned a fifteen-per-cent return after just one day of trading, whereas the same thousand dollars invested in the ten least fluently named stocks would have earned a return of only four per cent.

Over the past 15 years, it has earned a return of 164%, far above the industry's average of 116%.Mr Gross is leaving PIMCO for Janus, a much smaller firm; its market capitalisation was around $2 billion when the news broke, on a par with estimates of Mr Gross's personal fortune.

At 36, Graham might have earned a return to New Orleans next season.

In recent years local banks in North Dakota have earned a return on capital nearly twice that of the nation's largest 20 banks.

He explained that the Yucaipa Companies had " earned a phenomenal return investing in three things I care about: in underserved communities, in underperforming companies that are friendly to their workers and their families, and in minority-owned businesses". Mr. Burkle said of his business philosophy: "You don't have to be smart.

The endowment of Harvard University, among the most watched in the country, said Friday that it had earned an 8.6percentt return for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

The women had claimed that their investment club had earned an average annual return of 23.4percentt and published five folksy books that mingled recipes like five-hour stew with investment tips.