31.   After such a tumultuous week of bad news and short spells of relief, investors might begin to wonder if things could begin to unravel.

32.   All this may signal that investors are beginning to distinguish between Brazil and Argentina, though their economic fates are still tightly tied because of their trade dependence.

33.   Bureaucracies shrank, tariffs tumbled, currencies stabilized, foreign investors began pouring in money, and democracy flourished.

34.   But as the Fed moved short-term rates even higher, investors began to become more confident that the economy would slow and inflation would subside.

35.   But as the market dropped and investors began to pull back, MFS started feeling pressure to broaden its focus.

36.   But Azcarraga Jean began to follow through with an ambitious cost-cutting program and analysts and investors began to take notice.

37.   But as the performance of actively managed funds has come roaring back this year, investors have begun throttling back their purchases of index funds.

38.   But because real estate performance typically softens after other sectors in a weak economy, investors have begun to re-evaluate REIT prospects.

39.   But because real estate performance typically softens after other sectors in a weak economy, investors have begun to re-evaluate the prospects of REITs.

40.   But he said that if the Asian markets had not caused American investors to begin reassessing how long the remarkable bull market could last, something else would have.