21.   Ms. Cohen is favoring financial stocks, including banks and insurance companies, in part because they fell so sharply this year that she thinks they are good values.

22.   Q. Which tech stocks do you favor?

23.   Several riverboat casino stocks are being favored by analysts.

24.   So favoring stock funds in a retirement account can pay off in tax savings.

25.   She said HG Asia also favors housing stocks such as Filinvest Land that are enjoying brisk sales with the strong Philippine growth.

26.   Some individuals are shying away from the U.S. bond market this year, and favoring stocks instead.

27.   The financial crisis in Asia and Latin America has been a good reason for Mark L. Yockey, manager of the Artisan International fund, to favor European stocks.

28.   The strategies favor the stocks of companies whose earnings are growing most rapidly while shunning or even selling short those whose earnings are contracting the fastest.

29.   The strategy favors stocks within the Dow Jones industrial average that have the highest dividend yields.

30.   They are likely to favor Swiss stocks because of the potential exchange-rate risks of investing in the assets of a weaker currency.