11.   Mutual fund investors have certainly noticed the difference.

12.   Nearly three years ago, when a Mexican currency crisis came and went, most investors scarcely noticed.

13.   Prices paid by consumers for goods and services in January jumped more than analysts expected, yet inflation-conscious bond investors barely noticed.

14.   Sharp-eyed investors may have noticed another sign that stock prices had hit something of a ceiling.

15.   That may be the kind of business that will get investors to notice its stock.

16.   The Japanese investors barely noticed.

17.   The problem is not enough investors are noticing.

18.   With equity markets on the skids, investors may soon notice the bite that fees take from their mutual-fund returns.

19.   But investors notice the exceptions, he said.