11.   And no one is convinced the stream of talented portfolio managers leaving Fidelity has finally run dry.

12.   And portfolio managers were doing a little bottom fishing Monday, buying some of the oversold securities.

13.   And one of the things that has propelled this equity market since December has been the desire of the portfolio managers to put that cash to work.

14.   And that could continue, some portfolio managers say.

15.   And they can report what they find to portfolio managers without fear of angering those potential banking clients.

16.   And portfolio managers are wasting little time putting that money to work.

17.   And some international portfolio managers are not ready to begin a bargain hunting spree in South Korea.

18.   And this week Keystone hired Prescott Crocker, a veteran fixed-income portfolio manager from a subsidiary of Advest Co.

19.   Andrew Davis, portfolio manager of the Davis Convertible Securities fund, owns shares in Devon Energy, an oil exploration company.

20.   Another attraction for the notes is that investors are buying notes which carry an SBC guarantee, said Sven Rump, portfolio manager at Vontobel Asset Management.