11.   Equity holdings tend to shrink as companies grow, the study found.

12.   Even during the dot-com boom, Reichert held onto greenbacks as a way of balancing his risky private equity holdings.

13.   Falling stock prices also helped bonds, traders said, as investors sold their equity holdings for safer, fixed-income securities.

14.   For months, investors have sold their equity holdings as hundreds of companies have issued profit warnings.

15.   He has grown his equity holdings to parity with his fixed income holdings, and will grow them further.

16.   If the Nikkei falls below that level, companies will show a loss on their equity holdings.

17.   Industry executives earlier believed that equity holdings would cement relationships.

18.   Insurance companies and banks suffered the most through the week as markets declined, decreasing the value of their large bond and equity holdings.

19.   Investments, therefore, are very much akin to partnerships or equity holdings.

20.   Its investments include small private equity holdings in unlisted Irish companies.