31.   Companies jawbone down earnings forecasts until the beginning of the reporting season, making it much easier for the actual reports to surpass those already-lowered expectations.

32.   Computer stocks fell, rebounded and then retreated as investors debated earnings forecasts.

33.   Connecticut stocks rose, led by Nine West Group Inc., which rallied amid expectations that the company will meet or exceed earnings forecasts this year.

34.   Culverwell said brokers are likely to downgrade earnings forecasts, particularly for this year.

35.   Disappointing earnings forecasts by corporate chief executives, ongoing Middle East tension and accounting probes are keeping prospective buyers on the sidelines.

36.   Even those that do are overpriced compared with earnings forecasts, the report said.

37.   Expectations that International Business Machines Corp. will meet or exceed first-quarter earnings forecasts lifted technology stocks in general.

38.   Falling commodity prices are causing investors to revise their earnings forecasts, analysts said.

39.   For most of that period, the yields were close, meaning that rising stock prices were justified by a combination of lower interest rates and rising earnings forecasts.

40.   For example, say four analysts publish earnings forecasts for Embalming.com.