31.   To be sure, not all industry experts favor the stock.

32.   To be sure, some observers still favor the stock.

33.   Ward said he favors bank stocks as robust growth and low inflation fuels earnings growth.

34.   Weiner is known as an aggressive momentum investor, favoring stocks that are rising quickly.

35.   When the earnings yield gets unusually high, stocks look cheap and investors favor stocks.

36.   Which stocks do you favor?

37.   When long-term rates are low, investors tend to favor stocks over bonds.

38.   Williams favors financial stocks, which amount to nearly a third of his portfolio.

39.   Because higher interest rates can cut into corporate profits, investors have been favoring stocks of companies whose profits are growing rapidly -- namely, technology stocks.

40.   One sign of increasing optimism is that the market seems to again be favoring tech stocks rather than so-called defensive issues that tend to perform better in bearish markets.