11.   Minnesota stocks, led by CyberOptics Corp. and Dayton Hudson Corp., rebounded as strong economic reports boosted investor hopes for higher earnings later this year.

12.   Ohio stocks rose for the fifth straight day, fueled by Star Banc Corp. and KeyCorp, as long-term interest rates boosted investor hopes for strong bank earnings.

13.   Stocks, meantime, rose for the second straight session on investor hopes for rising profits.

14.   Surely these stocks are so far down, investors hope, that they could not decline further?

15.   Still, the report revived investor hopes for consolidation in the German banking industry.

16.   The cleared space will be used for Right Start counters, which investors hope will lure in more traffic without additional overhead.

17.   The investor then hopes the shares will drop in price.

18.   The investor then hopes that the stock declines so he can return can repurchase the shares and return them at a lower price.

19.   Those statements dashed investor hopes that the Fed might soon move to make further cuts in short-term interest rates.

20.   Those gains offset a rise in machinery and steel shares amid investor hopes for an influx in capital spending.