31.   AUSTRALIAN bonds rose for the first time in three days as investors took advantage of relatively high yields to buy bonds cheaply.

32.   Because Greenspan is the most powerful banker in the world, investors took his carefully nuanced comments seriously.

33.   Besides the SEC investigation, some investors have taken their disgruntlement to court.

34.   Before that happens, investors can take advantage of human nature, Hirshleifer thinks.

35.   Bond investors also took cheer from late afternoon comments by Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita.

36.   Bond investors are taking Redstone at his word.

37.   Bond investors took heart from the same report, which damped concern the economy is growing fast enough to ignite inflation.

38.   BOND TRADERS TAKE GAINS The Treasury market weakened as investors took profits after the strong gains this week.

39.   Bond investors also took comfort when Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech last week hinted the central bank may be slow to raise interest rates again.

40.   Bond investors took that as a sign inflation could crop up later this year and drive bond yields higher.