21. Higher rates pull capital into Hong Kong and spur buying of Hong Kong dollars. 22. His undoing appears to have been that from the start he insisted on control of whatever he bought. 23. If that is the case, renewed buying of American exports could keep the economy growing too rapidly. 24. In TOKYO, stocks traded mixed as a flood of public pension fund buying of futures and blue chips pulled the benchmark Nikkei index back from two year lows. 25. Investors worred that Asia would curtail its buying of U.S. goods and undercut American business by exporting cheaper products to the United States. 26. It is not clear how much buying of these stocks is being done on margin, or how many investors have been unable to meet margin calls. 27. Japanese stocks traded mixed as a flood of public pension fund buying of futures and blue chips pulled the benchmark Nikkei index back from two year lows. 28. Last month, the rise in stocks slowed and investors stepped up their buying of put options, which guard against falls in stock prices. 29. New buying of stock funds has been strongest in the U.K., Meroz said. 30. Nervous Nellie is worried about the strike by gas-gouged truckers in France and the panic buying of petrol by drivers in Britain. |