1.   American investors have responded to the gloomy picture abroad by keeping their money close to home.

2.   Analysts said it was unclear how investors would respond to the proposal.

3.   And investors responded coolly to efforts by Brazil this week to hold the line on widening fiscal and trade deficits.

4.   Another unknown is how mutual fund investors will respond if the declines continue.

5.   Bond market investors responded with a collective yawn.

6.   Bond prices are reflecting the lack of much inflationary pressures, and investors are responding by buying the longer maturities, he added.

7.   Bond investors have also responded to the changing outlook for interest rates.

8.   By midweek, the clamor to sell rubles was so loud that the government suspended trading, and investors responded by sending Russian stocks into a freefall.

9.   Exide, a maker of batteries, is looking to Europe for another spurt in growth and investors are responding.

10.   For the most part, forest-product companies have surpassed expectations and investors have responded by pushing up stock prices.