1.   Analysts and investors said the investigation was probably less of an influence on the stock than the persistent talk of increased competition facing McAfee.

2.   And if you are like most investors, you will be lot more interested in the price of those stocks than in how they are traded.

3.   And the deals may be resting on a better financial foundation because more of them are being financed with cash or stock than borrowed money.

4.   And we probably own more utility stocks than anybody in the country, companies like American Electric Power, First Energy Corp. and Public Service Enterprise Group.

5.   As a result, it owns more technology and health care stocks and fewer financial and utility stocks than the index.

6.   At the same time, more money is betting against Taiwan stocks than ever before.

7.   Because of their outsized risk, these securities are regarded more like stocks than bonds.

8.   Both Royce funds are managed similarly, but GiftShares holds fewer stocks than most funds.

9.   A spokesman declined to speculate on why investors are placing a lower value on Conseco stock than the company does.

10.   A. It does not say investors would do better buying individual stocks than mutual funds.