31.   Higher U.S. rates often bolster the dollar as investors shift money seeking higher return on their deposits.

32.   Higher overseas yields weigh on domestic bonds by boosting the incentive for investors to shift funds abroad in search of better returns.

33.   If markets like Hong Kong stabilize, investors can shift their focus back to the good conditions in the U.S. and elsewhere, money managers said.

34.   If markets like Hong Kong stabilize, investors can shift their focus back to the good conditions in the U.S., money managers said.

35.   If stocks continue to rise, bonds could fall as investors shift to stocks, Sakami said.

36.   Instead of pouring money into dot-coms, investors have increasingly shifted their focus to fiber optics.

37.   Institutional investors are still shifting gears.

38.   In the past few weeks, investors have shifted their attention to other companies, making a frenzied search for any dodgy accounting that might reveal the next Enron.

39.   Investors are shifting out of bigger stocks and into more-risky smaller-capitalization stocks to seek better growth possibilities and higher returns, analysts said.

40.   Investors have shifted increasingly from stocks to bonds in recent weeks as Asian stock markets have tumbled.