21.   Does this mean investors have concluded that crisis and recession fears are overblown.

22.   Economic reports can only disappoint, he said, and may lead some investors to conclude that prices have peaked for now, prompting them to sell stocks.

23.   Financial markets took a beating as investors concluded that Greenspan was suggesting that no more rate cuts are coming.

24.   In the aftermath of the surge in interest rates, some prominent investors concluded that bond yields are too high to ignore.

25.   In the second quarterof this year, the market soared as investors concluded inflationary pressures had eased and the Fed was done tightening credit.

26.   Investors concluded they were too gloomy on Monday, so stock prices rose dramatically Tuesday.

27.   Investors concluded, rightly or wrongly, that Cardoso was not firmly in control.

28.   Instead, investors should conclude that the patterns that exist in the stock market do not manifest themselves in neat and tidy calendar-year intervals.

29.   Investors apparently concluded the economy itself will encourage Fed rate cuts and lower bond yields, with or without Blinder, analysts said.

30.   Investors concluded that some shares were beginning to look like bargains.