51.   Investors are hoping for some good news that will put U.S. equities back on an upward tack.

52.   Investors are hoping other measures will be announced this week.

53.   Investors are hoping that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at a policy meeting next week.

54.   Investors are hoping to anticipate the direction and timing of the next interest rate moves on both sides of the Atlantic.

55.   Investors can only hope that analysis proves right and that abuse of investors will not grow once the legal threat is reduced.

56.   Investors certainly hope so.

57.   Investors continued to chase shares of companies with footholds in overseas markets, which investors hope will ensure earnings despite downturns in the domestic economy.

58.   Investors had been hoping a relaxation of the tight credit policy would give a boost to flagging share prices.

59.   Investors had been hoping the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates at its late March meeting in a bid to prop up the sagging economy.

60.   Investors had hoped to turn quick profit on a Roche takeover.