21.   Before the dive of the Nasdaq last year, investors wanted companies such as Birch to expand quickly.

22.   Before they sell, investors may want to be sure they can find a place to put their money that offers a better return than the current investment.

23.   Bond investors want slow inflation in order to preserve the value of their fixed-income return.

24.   Bond prices and yields move in the opposite direction, so a lower yield shows that investors want casino bonds enough to pay more for them.

25.   Bond prices rise when interest rates fall because investors want to lock in higher fixed-rate payments.

26.   Bond investors want the Fed to cut interest rates because bond prices rise when rates go down.

27.   Bonds are staging their biggest rally in two years, driven by slowing growth and subdued inflation, and individual investors want little to do with it.

28.   Bond prices rise when rates are falling because investors want to lock in fixed returns.

29.   After all, one suspects that the British investor wants to maximize returns just as much as the American one does.

30.   After all, the investor wants stocks, and so stocks the funds should buy.