1. Analysts say these are perceived as safe-haven investment sectors in a nervous market. 2. And the pledges by many businesses and companies to initiate stock buy-back programs will calm a nervous market. 3. Coffee prices jumped as concerns about a drought in Brazil and prospects of an export tax in the country rattled an already nervous market. 4. For nervous financial markets, steady growth without inflation is just what the doctor ordered. 5. Leary also noted there was much speculation about asset shifts from mortgage securities into Treasury securities and stocks into Treasury securities, shaking an already nervous market. 6. Nervous markets, however, tend to follow the target-shooting principle of ready, fire, aim, never mind the collateral damage. 7. President Boris N. Yeltsin sought to reassure nervous markets that Russia had enough reserves to avoid financial collapse. 8. Some Bush advisers worry that a strong response could rattle nervous markets even more. 9. That may not be the ideal message for a nervous market. 10. The prospect of cuts in German rates recently has helped bunds shake off much of the influence of a U.S. bond market nervous about inflation there. |