1.   However, this technique was better accepted on poorer lands where food crops were less attractive relative to fuelwood.

2.   Also, higher interest rates make fixed-income securities more attractive relative to equities.

3.   Analysts said the stocks have fallen to levels that are attractive relative to their future earnings.

4.   As a result, bonds became slightly less attractive relative to stocks.

5.   At the same time, rising interest rates make fixed-income investments more attractive relative to stocks.

6.   Bonds also gained amid speculation that international investors were snapping up U.S. securities, whose yields grew more attractive relative to other government bonds this week.

7.   Bonds fell in early trading, making them more attractive relative to stocks.

8.   A cut in U.S. rates -- while German rates hold steady or rise -- could hurt the dollar by making U.S. deposits less attractive relative to deposits in Germany.

9.   A rate cut could hurt the U.S. currency by making dollar-denominated deposits less attractive relative to those in Germany and elsewhere.

10.   A rise in U.S. interest rates could have made investing in U.S. fixed-income securities more attractive relative to equities in emerging markets such as Brazil.