11.   Any rise in rates to forestall inflation also hurts stocks by making it more expensive for companies to borrow money and invest.

12.   Argentine stocks declined for the fourth time this week as investors who acquired stocks by exercising options that expired this week sold the shares to realize their gains.

13.   Argentine stocks declined for the fourth time this week as investors who acquired stocks by exercising options that expired sold the shares to realize their gains.

14.   As a result, there are almost always more open-market sales of stock by insiders than there are similar purchases.

15.   As you probably know, the company is being acquired in an exchange of stock by America Online.

16.   Biggs, who directs global investing strategy, tempered his support for stocks by reminding clients of earlier comments that U.S. Treasury bonds offer better value than stocks.

17.   Bondholders aim to profit from a rise in the stock by swapping the bonds for shares at a lower price, fixed in advance.

18.   A cut in interest rates can help stocks by making them more attractive to investors than fixed-income securities.

19.   A fall in bond yields, which move inversely to bond prices and often mirror interest rates, benefit stocks by making them a more attractive comparative investment.

20.   A interest-rate increase like the one forecast by Dean Witter would hurt stocks by raising borrowing for businesses and consumers.