31.   After a three-month-long debate about whether the economy was growing enough to keep corporate profits booming, investors will get their answer next week.

32.   After the spinoff, investors got a share of stock in PacTel, one of the seven Baby Bells with a high dividend payout.

33.   All investors get annual reports.

34.   Aggressive jawboning by corporations about lower profit forecasts has seen to it that investors get mostly positive surprises when the quarterly figures finally come out.

35.   Already nervous investors got an additional jolt when New York-based Schlumberger and Houston-based Diamond Offshore both reported lower-than-expected earnings.

36.   Both the stock and bond markets rallied Wednesday after investors got a surprise they liked from the Federal Reserve.

37.   But even on a populous ECN like Island, it is unlikely that an investor will get the best price for his trade.

38.   But fixed rates get countries into financial trouble when, for whatever reason, investors get spooked and all rush for the exits at the same time.

39.   But investors can get the fund, plus thousands of others, by using a discount brokerage, such as Charles Schwab or Jack White.

40.   But investors will get a look at the entire portfolio only every six months.