41.   Over the long haul, stocks perform much better than bonds.

42.   Over the long term, stocks have performed well.

43.   Puget Sound stocks performed worse than national indexes this week.

44.   Q. Why has the entire range of cable stocks performed so poorly?

45.   Puget Sound stocks performed better than the broader market.

46.   Retail stocks also performed well.

47.   Small-company stocks typically perform better in stronger economic environments, said Nitin Mehta, senior portfolio manager in London for Seligman Henderson, a money management firm.

48.   Smaller stocks performed better.

49.   Small-cap stocks perform well in an economy coming off a bottom, Fortune says.

50.   Some big-name Nasdaq stocks have performed far better than that.