31.   Lower yields help stocks by limiting the attraction of fixed-income investments and boosting the value of future corporate profits.

32.   Lower bond yields helped lift bank and utility shares.

33.   Lower yields can help stocks by shrinking the cost of borrowing, making it easier for companies and consumers alike to spend their money.

34.   Low yields helped douse demand for tax-exempt municipal bonds, particularly from individual investors.

35.   Lower bond yields help stocks by lowering borrowing costs for companies, enabling them to spend less money when they expand their businesses, analysts said.

36.   Lower bond yields helped send investors into stocks that pay regular dividends.

37.   Lower bond yields would also help consumers by lowering their borrowing costs.

38.   Lower U.S. yields help domestic bonds by diminishing the allure of relatively higher-yielding overseas debt.

39.   Lower U.S. yields help domestic bonds by reducing the allure of shifting funds overseas.

40.   Lower U.S. yields help domestic bonds by reducing the urge to shift funds overseas.