11.   Some stockbrokers were hollering in disbelief this week when the market plummeted, but Judy Chen of Prudential Securities was distressed for different reasons.

12.   The announcement sent already dismal financial markets plummeting further and threatened a free-fall of the ruble.

13.   The financial market plummeted.

14.   The point of raising cash is to be able to scoop up bargains when the market plummets.

15.   The shares of startup companies are usually regarded as those most at risk when markets plummet, as they did on Monday.

16.   The stock and bond markets had been plummeting for weeks as investors feared an imminent financial collapse.

17.   U.S. stock futures and bonds rose overnight as investors tried to decipher a comment by Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that caused U.S. markets to plummet yesterday.

18.   When speculation met reality, and thousands tried to dump their cards onto a saturated market, the market plummeted.

19.   Russian markets plummeted Monday amid fears of a ruble devaluation, despite repeated assurances from the government that it would protect the currency.

20.   The government hopes the cuts will help reduce the trade deficit and keep foreign investors from fleeing, as the stock and currency markets have plummeted in recent weeks.