21.   Because the chances of getting repaid go down with the ratings, investors get higher interest rates on lower-rated debt.

22.   Bidding up for bonds is based on the idea that investors will get a few extra dollars a month in the future.

23.   Bond investors get so alarmed about a surge in employment because they expect the newly hired to spend more money, boosting the risk that inflation will accelerate.

24.   Bond investors may soon get the chance to finance everything from taxi companies to florists.

25.   Bonds are also unlikely to fall far before traders and investors get a look at industrial production figures tomorrow.

26.   Bond investors are getting ready to drive interest rates to a two-year low once Congress and President Clinton agree on a plan to balance the federal budget.

27.   Borrowing rates may fall further if bond investors get more evidence that growth is weakening.

28.   -- Sentiment indicators are contrary measures working on the premise that individual investors always get it wrong.

29.   A falling dollar erodes the returns foreign investors get on U.S. assets when they convert the proceeds into their own currencies.

30.   A weak yen means foreign investors get less when they convert their profits back into their home currency.