31.   Investors favor these companies because footholds in foreign markets ensure strong sales despite downturns in the domestic economy.

32.   Investors favored a number of old standbys.

33.   Investors favored bonds with shorter maturities, which would be most affected by a change in short-term interest rates.

34.   Investors favored companies with strong global operations.

35.   Investors favored major automakers, electronics companies and semiconductor-making equipment companies.

36.   Investors favored the pound because they can expect higher returns on pound-denominated assets.

37.   Investors favored the stocks, betting they would buy assets from their mainland parents on the cheap.

38.   Japanese investors favored the pound particularly because they can expect higher returns on pound-denominated assets.

39.   Large capitalization stocks, favored by investors who track the index, were battered by the increased tension on the Korea peninsula.

40.   Large-capitalization companies, which are favored by investors as they often allocate funds according the market-weighting of each stock, led the decline.