11.   Bank stocks got a boost after NationsBank Corp. posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings.

12.   A stock gets a boost from being in the index because many mutual funds and pension funds buy shares in all the companies in the index.

13.   After the collapse of tech stocks, the e-broker stocks got pretty cheap.

14.   After getting hammered on Friday as bond yields surged, stocks got a cushion from falling yields.

15.   After being pummeled by disappointing earnings from Motorola Inc. and United Healthcare Corp. last week, stocks could get a lift from the two reports, traders said.

16.   After getting hammered on Friday as bond yields surged, stocks got a cushion from falling yields today.

17.   British stocks got some help from a weaker-than-expected producer price index.

18.   But at some point these stocks will get so cheap that people will come in to look.

19.   But Harry Rosenbluth, a partner at Boston Partners Asset Management, the second-largest holder of Allmerica, says the stock has gotten too expensive.

20.   Buying and selling stocks can get very complicated.