31.   Most of the seats on the Amex are owned by investors who lease them out to the actual traders and brokerage firms that do the work.

32.   One out-of-town investor owns a minor league baseball team.

33.   Only Singapore investors can own local shares, while foreign shares have no such restrictions.

34.   Only domestic investors can own A shares, while foreigners can own B shares.

35.   Others show the number of shares that the investor owns but not the dollar value.

36.   Private and institutional investors own the rest.

37.   Q. How long should an investor own a cyclical stock like a chemical company?

38.   Private investors own a large number of petrochemical plants in Mexico.

39.   Q. Why should an investor own high-yield bonds?

40.   Shorting against the box means selling short the same number of shares of a security that an investor already owns, resulting in favorable tax treatment.