In the brochure, Kohlberg said it had produced a compounded annual return of about 60 percent since it was founded in 1976.

T. would have earned a compounded annual return of 20.6 percent.

The Dogs of the Dow made a compounded annual return of 18% from 1975 to 1999 outperforming the market by 3%.

Over the last two years, the average fund gained 55.3 percent - a compounded annual return of nearly 25 percent, Lipper said.

Since 1978, it has produced compounded returns in excess of 100 percent a year.

The compounded annual return on our subordinated debt is 35 percent.

If oil is at $40 in 1995, a buyer of a unit at the offering price will earn a compounded annual return of 16 percent.

In his experience, most retired people regard an 8-to-12-percent compounded annual return as satisfactory for their needs.

Through September, this portfolio has returned 9.7 percent this year; its three-year compounded return is 13.8 percent.

"But if one has a strategy and stays with it, in the long run you'll have less volatility, and your compounded returns will be higher."