11.   Safer havens like pharmaceuticals or consumer product stocks might look appealing one day, and riskier tech shares the next.

12.   Since late last year, investors have been focusing their selling on riskier tech stocks, where earnings suffered the most as the economy slowed.

13.   The five weakest have varying growth-oriented strategies, which often means a heavier concentration in riskier tech stocks.

14.   Wall Street reversed direction Tuesday when investors resumed buying riskier tech stocks and cashed in recent gains from safe-haven blue chips.

15.   While blue chips have stayed fairly strong during the protracted economic slump, riskier tech shares have been pummeled.