1.   Both Utilities and Convertible Securities are funds which focus their investments on dividend yields, accordingly sacrificing a good deal of potential for capital appreciation.

2.   A government decision to focus future investment on major infrastructure projects has some investors chomping at the bit.

3.   Bufe said Degussa plans to focus investment on South America, without giving details.

4.   But typically, the investments are focused on a set of projects that are related to the core business of the corporation.

5.   Earlier this month, the National Research Council urged the space agency to focus its investments in shuttle upgrades on those modifications that improve safety and eliminate obsolescent components.

6.   Funds that focus investments in Latin America also are slumping.

7.   He is focusing his investments on cities like Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.

8.   He has tried to focus investments on a few businesses with great potential.

9.   In the fixed-income market, the fund usually focuses its investments in government and corporate bonds.

10.   Investors generally like companies that focus their investments, so such a split could make the separate stocks worth more than the shares of the combined company.