31.   The rule is intended make it easier for investors to understand how companies use derivatives by requiring disclosure of derivative transactions on corporate financial statements.

32.   There is another important difference between politicians and Greenspan that investors understand.

33.   To avoid duplication in their portfolios, investors should understand how a particular fund achieves its tax efficiency.

34.   Wachovia maintains that its investors understand the changes the bank is making, and that the bank should continue to appeal to them.

35.   What investors should understand, he said, is that money funds are not guaranteed against losses and that a widespread breakdown in financial markets could threaten their prices.

36.   While most investors understand eighths, and perhaps sixteenths, going farther down that road invites mass confusion.

37.   While neither point had been made before by the Fed, both were widely understood by investors and did not seem to bother traders.

38.   While novices in the market may have misconceptions, certainly most investors understand that if the stock market as a whole goes down, so will their index fund.

39.   With the major market indexes lurching to the precipice and back, it is more important than ever that investors understand the limitations of index investing today.

40.   Within my experience, most investors do not understand the nature of the funds they have purchased from a bank.