1.   If growth and technology funds continue to falter, investors will eventually desert.

2.   Investors deserted many health care companies because of concern that declining Medicare payments by the federal government would limit profitability.

3.   Park said the market sentiment was dampened by concerns that foreign investors may desert the country, scared by growing regional instability caused by the falling yen.

4.   Investors deserted the petroleum company after it announced it was getting back into the refinery sector by acquiring Petrofina of Belgium.

5.   The threat of such action has caused investors to desert the market, Smith said.