11.   In contrast, companies of comparable size such as Putnam Investments Inc. offer superior returns.

12.   In steadily increasing numbers, Brazilians are shunning traditional fixed-income inflation hedges and seeking superior returns in stocks.

13.   Many quantitative managers develop a model and stick with it even when it stops bringing them superior returns.

14.   Low operating expenses, Chasnoff said, because even superior returns may not compensate for extra costs.

15.   Not that superior returns are not possible.

16.   Recent growth in the Brazilian stock market is likely to lead more small investors to seek superior returns in stock mutual funds, he said.

17.   Screening for both positives and negatives can produce superior returns, Wieder said.

18.   Some of its clients said they would use the firm even if it was no longer independent, citing superior returns and valuable research.

19.   Stock index funds also have generated superior returns in recent years, which is another reason why Scudder may be interested in opening an index fund.

20.   Teachers now boasts of superior returns on its assets, overall about two-thirds in stocks and a third in fixed-income securities.