1.   David Connors, head government bond trader at Credit Suisse First Boston, is among those skeptical of a rosy outlook.

2.   Demand for new issues is likely to steer stocks upward, said Arthur Hogan, head trader at Dean Witter Reynolds.

3.   Donna Van Vlack, head trader at Brandywine Asset Management, said OptiMark will make trading easier and cheaper.

4.   For years, Sheldon Maschler was head trader and dominated the firm, an over-the-counter stock trading house.

5.   Foreign investors, who helped drive Peruvian stocks to record highs at the end of last week, stayed away, said Agusto Larco, head trader at Peruval.

6.   Hamanaka was the head copper trader and a star at Sumitomo.

7.   Good news for GM is good news for the market, said Art Hogan, head trader at Dean Witter Reynolds.

8.   Indian funds, meantime, continue to sell as closed-end funds near maturity, said S.N. Bansal, head trader at Asia Corp. Securities Ltd.

9.   It was then that Shopkorn, the head trader at Salomon, took a call from Robert Mnuchin, his counterpart at Goldman, Sachs.

10.   Meriwether was the vice chairman and head bond trader at Salomon until he was forced to resign after the firm admitted placing false bids in government bond auctions.