return
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Its annualized return on paper was an amazing 29.2%, but Lynch has estimated that his average investor probably did much worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The band’s commercial fortunes brightened briefly with the release of 1988’s “Lap of Luxury,” which saw Petersson’s return and included the group’s sole No. 1, “The Flame,” a solid power ballad written by outside songwriters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway isn’t a mutual fund so it’s an exception of sorts: The entire 6 million percent return over Buffett’s 60-year tenure accrued to shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
When they convinced him to go to the bullpen last October, the Dodgers promised him he would return to the rotation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“And so they did,” remembered Leah, “joyous sounds, all over the hall … It was like the return of long absent friends, whose value … we had not sufficiently appreciated.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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