1. Credit Markets are drying up, as investors flee risk, making it harder and more expensive for many firms to borrow. 2. When stock prices are volatile, investors often flee the Market in favor of less risky money-Market mutual funds. 3. Analysts keep warning that if the stock market plummets, many mutual fund investors will flee stock funds. 4. As investors fled the Mexican market, that also caused the U.S. dollar to tumble because of the close economic ties between the two countries. 5. As investors fled the Mexican market, they also dumped assets in other emerging markets, particularly in Asia. 6. As investors fled, managers sought the greater flexibility offered by a regional approach. 7. As emerging markets have crumbled around the world, investors have fled from many of those funds. 8. As with Aventis, investors fled both stocks involved in the deal. 9. Asian markets are crumbling again as investors flee. 10. As interest rates began to rise earlier this year, investors fled many of the cyclical stocks on the theory that higher rates would choke the economic recovery. |