31.   Forget funeral parlors, fans in a few years may be buying stock in a planned global chain of Elvis Presley theme restaurants.

32.   He expects the US economy to begin a recovery sometime next year, and hopes to make money buying stocks instead of shorting them.

33.   He cautions, however, that buying stocks purely on valuations can lead investors astray.

34.   He compares buying Beanies to buying stock.

35.   Higher rates there could discourage investors from buying stocks in emerging markets like Brazil if they find better returns in U.S. fixed-income securities.

36.   I developed a very safe system, safer than buying stocks.

37.   If investors keep buying stocks, the recent slew of corporate combinations could eventually help the market, traders said.

38.   In July, with much hoopla, DiCamillo announced that various Polaroid executives would be buying stock.

39.   In earlier trading, investors hesitated buying stocks on concern that share prices had risen too high in recent months in relation to company earnings.

40.   In the past few months, such investors have been buying stock in everything from chemical companies to utilities to newspapers.