11.   At some point, investors lose so much money that they hunker down and wait for a rebound.

12.   At the moment, the MLS investors are losing millions of dollars a year to shore up the concept of a single-owner league.

13.   Because of currency translations, investors would have lost some of those gains when they translated them back into American dollars.

14.   Both said investors had lost confidence in their credibility.

15.   A huge government portfolio could smooth the peaks and valleys, but private investors could lose a large part of their retirement savings in a bear market.

16.   A slumping dollar means overseas investors can lose money buying U.S. securities even if the assets themselves rise in value.

17.   All the while they made a tidy heap for themselves, even when investors lost a bundle.

18.   But as the two companies spent heavily to attract customers, investors lost patience with consumer e-commerce companies.

19.   But by the spring, it became clear that investors had lost interest in virtual retailers.

20.   But during the long years of proving the new technique, investors lost patience and interest and the stocks waned in value.