1.   Market analysts predicted a price plunge.

2.   Also giving market analysts pause was a rise in prices of commodities that may suggest that the current benign inflation outlook may not last much longer.

3.   And indeed a number of market analysts are skeptical that it will.

4.   And some market analysts regard them as a neutral to positive presence, since short-sellers must eventually return to the market to buy shares.

5.   Another rise in interest rates is expected by many credit market analysts and traders.

6.   As recently as four years ago, many market analysts were convinced that few countries would overcome national pride to abandon their currencies.

7.   As the hot market analyst at one of the most prestigious securities firms, Cohen is in demand as a speaker on Wall Street and Main Street.

8.   At the same time, market analysts are aiming to identify sectors that are likely to prosper despite the turmoil.

9.   -- Conrad Fieremans, market analyst at Kredietbank in Brussels, on why some foreign-exchange traders were reluctant to bet against the dollar.

10.   A third phenomenon is the January Barometer, popularized by market analyst Yale Hirsch.