--- title: "9 Rate Return Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Rate Return quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Rate Return sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/charlie-munger-458_earth_it-s-a-finite-and-very-competitive-world_1647747.jpg" --- > [It's a finite and very competitive world. All large aggregations of capital eventually find it hell on earth to grow and thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/it-s-a-finite-and-very-competitive-world-all-large-aggregations-of/) [Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/charlie-munger-458_earth_it-s-a-finite-and-very-competitive-world_1647747.jpg) > [After a while size means nothing. It gets back to whether you're making 100% rate of return on $10,000 or $100 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tudor-jones/after-a-while-size-means-nothing-it-gets-back-to-whether-you-re/) [Paul Tudor Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tudor-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/paul-tudor-jones-15115_customer_after-a-while-size-means-nothing-it-gets_2772248.jpg) > [I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-piketty/i-don-t-pretend-that-i-can-predict-the-future-value-of-the-growth/) [Thomas Piketty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-piketty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/thomas-piketty-3584_future_i-don-t-pretend-that-i-can-predict-the-f_1293919.png) > [After awhile size means nothing. It gets back to whether you're making 100% rate of return on 10k or 100 million dollars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tudor-jones/after-awhile-size-means-nothing-it-gets-back-to-whether-you-re-making/) [Paul Tudor Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tudor-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/paul-tudor-jones-15115_customer_after-awhile-size-means-nothing-it-gets_2866588.jpg) > [The prevailing view has been that the market will earn a high rate of return if the holding period is long enough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/the-prevailing-view-has-been-that-the-market-will-earn-a-high-rate-of/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/seth-klarman-1979_customer_the-prevailing-view-has-been-that-the-ma_2548111.png) > [The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/the-rate-of-return-on-social-security-for-people-nearing-retirement/) [Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/paul-ryan-869_children_the-rate-of-return-on-social-security-fo_2095740.jpg) > [ “Commonly used appraisal methods are as follows: \[a\] Payback Period. \[b\] Average Rate of Return. \[c\] Discounted Cash Flow Techniques: \[i\] Net… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-p-srinivasan/commonly-used-appraisal-methods-are-as-follows-a-payback-period-b/) [N.P. Srinivasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-p-srinivasan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/n-p-srinivasan-264985_cash-flow_commonly-used-appraisal-methods-are-as-f_2020796.jpg) > [There is no such thing as guaranteed high investment returns. Be wary of anyone who promises that you will receive a high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perianne-boring/there-is-no-such-thing-as-guaranteed-high-investment-returns-be-wary/) [Perianne Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perianne-boring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/perianne-boring-17200_high_there-is-no-such-thing-as-guaranteed-hig_986113.jpg) > [“α = r × β where r is the rate of return on capital. For example, if β = 600% and r…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-piketty/r-where-r-is-the-rate-of-return-on-capital-for-example-if-600-and-r-5/) [Thomas Piketty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-piketty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/thomas-piketty-3584_economics_r-where-r-is-the-rate-of-return-on-capit_1608291.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rate-return/#itemlist", "name": "Rate Return Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a finite and very competitive world. 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