11.   Companies with solid earnings growth could well be the best performers, while funds that rely on the most fashionable momentum stocks could be in for the roughest time.

12.   Concerns about slowing earnings and sales growth among computer, software and networking companies will weigh down technology stocks even as the companies report solid earnings, analysts said.

13.   Despite the downward trends in over-all smoking, the tobacco industry continues to enjoy solid earnings, mainly because of cost cutting and steeply higher prices.

14.   Drug stocks, which have been battered lately, continued a rebound that began on Tuesday with solid earnings reports for three drug makers.

15.   For instance, Richard Bernstein, the director of quantitative research at Merrill Lynch, said that behind all the solid earnings this quarter were hints of moderation.

16.   For Paulsen, a slowdown makes growth stocks, especially the big-name companies that can produce solid earnings in a weaker economy, attractive again.

17.   He does it, in part, by avoiding companies that report results that look better than they actually are and by sticking with those that have solid earnings.

18.   IBM, on the other hand, reported solid earnings after the market closed Tuesday.

19.   In addition to data like a rise in initial jobless claims for last week, there were solid quarterly earnings reports.

20.   Japanese stocks advanced, led by auto shares, as investors targeted exporters with strong global operations and solid earnings prospects.