1.   Those early repayments, or prepayments, cut short the lives of mortgage securities and can reduce their returns.

2.   This is the risk that adverse movements in the exchange rate will reduce the return from an investment, when the return is measured in the domestic currency.

3.   The process will continue until there are no more profitable arbitrage opportunities.

4.   This will reduce the return on UK assets below that on foreign assets.

5.   Although saying he favored a compromise, Borriello of BB Biotech said he did not think ImClone should agree to terms that would reduce the return to its shareholders.

6.   A drop in the Australian dollar reduces returns for overseas holders of Australian stocks and bonds.

7.   A reduction in interest rates now could cause the already weak dollar to fall further by reducing the returns in short-term interest rates here.

8.   A stronger dollar, and weaker yen, weigh on Japanese bonds by reducing the return to investors who change proceeds back into stronger currencies.

9.   A rising dollar hurts U.S. investors abroad because it reduces returns when a local currency is converted back into the dollar.

10.   A stronger dollar reduces returns when profits from overseas investments are converted back to the U.S.