41.   He lost about half his initial investment, and his account has fallen much further from its peak.

42.   However, there are some funds with no minimum initial investment and no minimum on contributions.

43.   If you die before you start withdrawing money, the insurance guarantees that your heirs will receive an amount at least equal to your initial investment.

44.   If you drive a lot, and plan to keep a truck for several years, the diesel will repay that initial investment in fuel savings.

45.   If it works, it could come to Broadway, in which case Rudin would be paid for his initial investment.

46.   In each case, I would begin by putting the minimum initial investment in the fund selected and the balance in a money market fund.

47.   In some cases, it wipes out years of gains and even part of the initial investment.

48.   Individual companies will also be able to use grant money to help pay for initial investments in environmental technology, he said.

49.   Initial investments for growers would be high, said Robert Johns, who has grown shiitake and other specialty mushrooms for two decades in rural Oglethorpe County.

50.   It bucks the long-term upward trend of the market, and it can produce losses bigger than the initial investment.