Sentence examples for paltry returns from inspiring English sources

People are slowly venturing into riskier assets to raise the paltry returns on their savings.

Stocks and bonds yield paltry returns, with better opportunities available for investors overseas.

The same may be true in America, where money-market funds are already offering paltry returns.

Falling interest rates mean these investments earn increasingly paltry returns, but they provide a degree of security.

Hassli had notched a couple and Chiumiento was yet to score — paltry returns for a team regularly fielding four forwards.

Many of the world's largest investment banks are likely to offer investors paltry returns for the rest of the decade.

2007 Finished Ashes tour with paltry return of 10 wickets, his worst figures when travelling with England.

Mr Picard spent $26.9m in legal fees (including his own hourly rate) over the same period, for a paltry return.

"And when this paltry return is compared with other potential uses of the funds, the investment, almost always, seems unwise".

Yet for the £29m paid to Hoffenheim in the summer a single strike from 29 appearances seems a paltry return.

Given the paltry return, some analysts say they expect other bidders for the company's assets to emerge.