31.   A strengthening ringgit is good for the stock market, as foreign investors see their investments gain value as the currency appreciates.

32.   After all, investors have seen billions of dollars disappear on these kinds of investments.

33.   Adding to the frenzy, money rushed into technology mutual funds as investors saw that the high-risk sector provided high returns.

34.   Across the spectrum of mutual funds, however, investors saw only risk and precious little reward during the year.

35.   Additionally, some investors saw a hint of inflation in the later NAPM report.

36.   After the recent gains in bond prices, some investors apparently saw Thursday as an opportunity to take profits.

37.   All of that bad news is good news in the bond market, where investors see signs of sluggish growth as a harbinger of a low inflation rate.

38.   Brokers said institutional investors see little reason to increase their Philippine holdings as long as China holds military exercises near the coast of Taiwan.

39.   But after a decade of prosperity and sky-high Wall Street returns, many younger investors have never seen bad times.

40.   But as the only industrial biotechnology company in the field some investors see a bright future for the company.