Let's say a particular trade results in a 10 percent return.

This is only a 0.0036 percent return on the fortune at risk.

His hope is that they each produce a 22 percent return on capital.

Today, people putting their money in get a 1 to 2 percent return.

The next year, 2004, strong performance continued with a 23.8 percent return.

Over the past 12 months, however, its 54.8 percent return has been about average.

But that was still down from the 12.7 percent return of 2004.

One such plan offered a 66 percent return on an investment in three months.

If you get a 10 percent return, you'd have a total of $244,692.

An 8 percent return is below the stock market's annual average over the last century.