1. A few traders are concerned by the recent drop in the stock Market, but most are not fazed. 2. An announcement by Tennessee state officials that karnal bunt fungus was detected in soft red winter wheat in eight counties also concerned traders. 3. Forecasts for a colder winter have some traders concerned that prices could rise further. 4. Still, forecasts for a colder winter have some traders concerned that prices may be headed higher. 5. What concerns many experienced traders is that some of the hottest Internet gurus have little to no investing background. 6. Prices were lower early Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange and other big European markets, where traders were concerned by the Hong Kong market. 7. Traders also were concerned by new polls showing government-backed candidate Jose Serra remaining stagnant behind a leftist candidate in the presidential race. 8. Traders are less concerned by the size of the European harvest than by an extremely low level of grain available to the EU market. 9. Wall Street had largely ignored a rebound by long-term interest rates on Wednesday as traders were more concerned by what they saw as a disappointing increase in IBM results. 10. The drop in the bond market had traders concerned that foreign investors would withdraw funds and encouraged them to sell. |