1.   Analysts said the high asking price indicates that the bond sale is aimed at institutional investors rather than portfolio investors.

2.   First there are portfolio investors like us, who are in for the long haul and whose clients have not abandoned them.

3.   For portfolio investors, the murkiness of China can still outweigh the peculiar strengths of a company.

4.   For portfolio investors, however, it lags behind Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, which already allow foreigners to buy shares in listed companies.

5.   Portfolio investors in the Russian stock market have been more skittish, but few have sold their holdings.

6.   The central bank is now requiring all foreign portfolio investors to withdraw their money from Chile after one year.

7.   The size of the stake the Prague-based Stratton purchased from factory workers and portfolio investors was not disclosed.

8.   - A second likely development is that foreign investors will most likely follow the lead of banks and portfolio investors and significantly decrease their commitments to the region.

9.   All parties, including local corporations, foreign portfolio investors, individuals and foreign banks reacted rationally from their individual point of view due to the uncertainty levels.

10.   Corporate investors distinguish Poland from Russia, unlike portfolio investors who fled Polish holdings when the Russian crisis began, said agency vice president Barbara Jarzembowska.