21.   Investors were also rewarded for taking on risk this year.

22.   It should exist to create jobs, provide goods and services consumers want and need, and reward investors who make the enterprise possible.

23.   It was sinking millions into research to develop breakthrough drugs that could one day change lives and reward investors.

24.   Junk bonds reward investors with higher yields because they are riskier than investment-grade bonds.

25.   Some company observers believe Coke has to begin hitting its announced target before investors will be rewarded with significant stock appreciation.

26.   Still, history suggests that patient investors will be rewarded.

27.   Some inequality is necessary if society wants to reward investors for taking risks and individuals for working hard and well.

28.   Still, investors have been rewarded handsomely for much of this decade for plunging in and buying stocks during recurring bouts of disbelief.

29.   Still, Nigerian Brady bonds, which rewarded investors with almost double that return, were the best emerging market bet this year.

30.   Stock repurchases surged in recent years as companies turned to them as a way to reward investors while not resorting to dividend increases.