1. Semiconductor and computer stocks rose as investors anticipated robust demand for computers. 2. Also, IPOs are usually sold at a discount to their competitors to spur investor demand. 3. Also, the absence of a conventional gilt auction scheduled for June should help underpin investor demand. 4. As investor demand for the shares shifts, each of the market makers adjusts its prices in response. 5. As the government buys back debt securities and issues fewer Treasuries, there has been increased investor demand for those securities. 6. At the beginning of the year, Bay Area investment bankers were celebrating a blowout party to end all blowouts, thanks to insatiable investor demand for technology stocks. 7. Bankers agreed that investor demand for the bonds remains strong. 8. Berkshire increased the size of the transaction to meet investor demand, a Salomon official said. 9. Blue-chip technology and export shares rose on foreign investor demand. 10. Bonds may also suffer from concern a spate of new government and corporate bonds on sale this week could swamp investor demand for fixed-income securities. |