1.   And that was when the typical fund earned a single-digit return.

2.   At the least, the fund manager will need to reinvest the interest income the fund earns.

3.   Besides skipping capital gains taxes, the donor gets a tax deduction and the fund earns tax-free interest for further gifts, Kent said.

4.   Flat tax proponents say that wages that have been taxed should not be taxed again when, for example, the funds earn interest in a savings account.

5.   Funds earn these credits by directing their trades to full-service brokers who charge premium commission rates but, unlike discount brokers, provide detailed securities research to clients.

6.   Hedging would allow the same fund to earn the market return but would neutralize the currency component.

7.   If the fund earns more on its investments than it pays for the loan, the borrowing will boost its return.

8.   In fact, government-run pension funds have earned the same rate of return as private funds.

9.   Money that the funds would have earned, had they been forwarded properly, must also be paid in full.

10.   Now Magellan is in the midst of an important year because Fidelity funds earn performance bonus fees based on returns over rolling three-year periods.