21.   ITALIAN STOCKS Renewed losses in Asian markets undermined European equities, driving Italian stocks lower.

22.   Low U.S. bond yields can push investors to search for higher yields in emerging market equities.

23.   Other shares gained as U.S. interest rates declined, prompting investors to shift out of bonds and into emerging market equities.

24.   Rising bond yields can lure investors away from emerging market equities.

25.   Rising U.S. interest rates, which can encourage investors to switch from emerging market equities into U.S. bonds, could hurt prices, said Hintz.

26.   Rising yields can encourage investors to sell emerging market equities and buy bonds.

27.   Rising rates can cause investors to shift from emerging market equities into bonds to take advantage of higher returns.

28.   Rising rates can prompt investors to sell emerging market equities and buy bonds.

29.   Rising U.S. bond yields weighed down stocks as investors pulled their money out of emerging market equities to look for better returns elsewhere, traders said.

30.   Rising U.S. interest rates can make returns on bonds more attractive relative to emerging market equities, such as those in Argentina.