41.   As interest rates have risen this year, the great love affair between mutual fund investors and government bond funds has soured.

42.   As investors fled from stock funds in August, they sought out the relative safety of bond funds and other more conservative investments.

43.   As investors shied away from aggressive stock funds last fall, they increased purchases of shares in bond funds.

44.   As to the form of investment, Litman prefers bond funds, especially those with low expense ratios.

45.   As the stock market gyrated from August and into October, mutual fund investors demonstrated growing interest in bond funds, generally a more conservative category of investment.

46.   At the same time, bond funds remain attractive to investors seeking a haven.

47.   At the same time, it was the worst year ever for virtually every type of bond fund.

48.   At the same time, investors were buying bond funds.

49.   At Schooner, Turner will be a managing director and chief investment officer for global bond funds, Rathnam said.

50.   Atteberry reckons there are several reasons behind the lack of interest in bond funds this year, compared with the last bull market two years ago.