1.   Fund managers aim to mix a cocktail of bonds that offer a return higher than the interest on a building society deposit.

2.   In the late seventies, savings and loans began to lose depositors to money Market funds, which offered higher returns.

3.   Since gilts pay a fixed annual rate of interest, you would be locking in a higher return before the rate cut.

4.   Sure enough, over time, stocks pay a higher return, to compensate for the higher risk.

5.   The investment had a higher average return.

6.   Also, many institutional investors shifted their money overseas in search of higher returns.

7.   Amoco expects to generate higher returns by focusing more of its efforts overseas, Gheit said.

8.   And stocks, though riskier, are still the best bet over time, offering higher returns, experts say.

9.   And that means Japanese investors must seek higher returns in foreign securities or in stocks of domestic companies with a strong overseas presence.

10.   And they imagined that they could get higher returns investing that money in the market.