1.   Investors are hoping that the new regulations will operate in their favor.

2.   Investors are hoping the economy will pull out of a deep recession this year.

3.   Investors hoped then the team of ex-Communist leaders would bring quicker reforms and a more stable government.

4.   So now, investors hope the fat lady sings an aria, not a tragic opera.

5.   The lowest price for which shares can be repurchased is zero pence so that an investor can only hope to double his or her investment at the most.

6.   And by selling Sumitomo and buying Daiwa, some investors hope to profit from the spread between the current and future value of the shares.

7.   Analysts said investors had hoped the maker of custom electronic power supplies for computer would do better.

8.   Analysts said shares of Natwest were trading at a premium because investors were still hoping for another suitor to emerge.

9.   And while that rate is guaranteed in dollars, an unanticipated rise in inflation would mean that these dollars would not buy as much as the investor had hoped.

10.   Another industry that investors hope will the government will reform is real estate.