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If the high returns are very high, as they are, the low returns are likely to be negative.

But low yields today predict low returns later, he says, and "the outlook for bonds over the next decade is really terrible. "

All this could go on for as long as firms accepted low returns on equity.

The huge hoard of foreign exchange means 'we're lending money to lots of countries and getting very low returns, ' he said.

Despite these low returns, Apple does not face much pressure these days to put its cash to better use.

Firms may borrow too much to invest in projects with low returns, thereby exposing banks to dangerous risks.

He says the stockmarket does revert to the mean, in that periods of high returns tend to be followed by periods of low returns.

High expectations are one of the main foundations of low returns.

Civil aviation industry enters an age of high cost, high risk and low returns.

Even if investors will accept low returns in exchange for low risk, history suggests they will get a bad deal.

In theory, social-security funds should mainly be invested in treasury bonds and bank deposits, which yield very low returns.

But low returns on investments have discouraged drug companies from allocating resources to tackle them.

Eventually, low returns in government bonds will drive some investors into equities and high-yield credit.

Traditional investments are delivering low returns, and home prices are at bargain levels.

With other investments generating such low returns, cars and other collectibles become more attractive.

The answer, of course, lurks in the low returns from most investments in the past decade and the desperate scramble for yield enhancement.

'Too late, too hard, too difficult, too low returns, ' Mr. Dimon told investors this year.

Additional investments in capital goods offer very low returns.

Hence, the oil refining business has long suffered low returns on capital, particularly when there is excess capacity.

For investors, the specter of a long period of malaise means a long period of low returns.

With low returns to safe assets, investors are in turn pushed to take more risks.

What a difference a decade of sub-par economic growth and low returns can make.

A recent analysis shows that, when American price-earnings ratios are low, returns on equities over the next decade average 8%;

Low returns on other investments and fears about the world economy have caused the price of gold to soar. Don't count on its continued rise