1.   In the first few days of trading this year, nervous investors have already punished high-technology companies that have reported disappointing earnings.

2.   Along with the Mexican peso, the Italian lira and others, the dollar is being deserted by nervous investors who want safe places to park their money.

3.   Already nervous investors got an additional jolt when New York-based Schlumberger and Houston-based Diamond Offshore both reported disappointing earnings.

4.   Analysts said nervous investors shifted to larger stocks as they sought safety in what growing numbers of investors feared was an inflated market.

5.   And shares of self-service sushi shops chains such as Kappa Create Co. Ltd. and Atom Corp. are being shunned by nervous investors, too.

6.   Appointments are expected this week or next to help calm nervous investors, analysts said.

7.   As Alan Greenspan testifies in Congress Thursday, nervous investors and business executives will be looking for any hint of future Federal Reserve policy.

8.   ATLANTA - Nervous investors Wednesday unloaded shares of Columbus, Ga.,-based Carmike Cinemas, causing the stock to lose more than half its value.

9.   Big mutual fund companies like Fidelity Investments mobilized employees to handle an expected surge in telephone calls from nervous investors.

10.   A defensive fund screen for the nervous investor.