1.   Fund managers, who index their portfolios to match the performance of the benchmarks, must adjust their holdings whenever a stock is added or dropped from the index.

2.   Of course, many investors may have adjusted their holdings earlier in the week, given the abbreviated trading session, Cloherty said.

3.   The outlook for interest rates is already leading some investors to adjust their holdings.

4.   On Wall Street, stocks fell as investors adjusted their holdings while they awaited earnings reports, including results from Intel.

5.   Stocks fell Tuesday as investors adjusted their holdings while they awaited earnings reports including results from Intel.

6.   Stocks opened higher Tuesday as investors adjusted their holdings as they awaited earnings reports including results from Intel.

7.   The stock market slumped Tuesday as investors adjusted holdings ahead of the New Year and continued to collect profits made recently.

8.   This quarterly phenomenon when stock index futures and options and options on individual stocks expire typically causes volatile trading as investment professional adjust holdings.

9.   Traders instead adjusted their holdings in advance of the weekend.

10.   At the same time some central banks decided to adjust their holdings of strategic gold.