1.   Consequently, the subsequent discussion will focus on different analyses which May be pursued before or after the initial investment.

2.   In other words, it is the rate that equates future net cash flows to the initial investment outlay.

3.   It sold parts of the business to the public months later, tripling its initial investment.

4.   People who took up a similar offer about four years ago are making up to five times their initial investment.

5.   The initial investment can be of any size.

6.   The initial investment is for ten years.

7.   The return on the initial investment was huge.

8.   Using the figures given above, it can be seen that machine A pays back the initial investment in two years.

9.   The management company makes an initial investment charge when it sells a unit to an investor and makes an annual charge on the value of the fund.