41.   Investors increasingly prefer making contracts with companies rated triple A by credit-rating agencies to avoid risks, Dai-Ichi Kangyo said.

42.   Investors lately prefer not only large companies that are easy to buy and sell, but have rushed into international mutual funds in the past few months.

43.   Investors prefer to put their money into companies on well-run exchanges.

44.   It should be no surprise that most investors prefer to own shares of companies that they know and whose names they can pronounce.

45.   Many big investors prefer the auction system, which they believe leads to better stock prices and lower transaction costs.

46.   Many international investors prefer GDRs because they allow them to invest in foreign stocks using their own currency.

47.   Many international investors prefer GDRs to the underlying stock because of easier trading and settlement as well as lower taxes.

48.   Many investors prefer to wait and see whether lower interest rates help boost demand for loans, analysts said.

49.   More cautious investors might prefer FPA Capital, Strong Common Stock, Fidelity Contrafund or Fidelity Stock Selector.

50.   Moreover, some investors prefer a pure play, said Sharon Ambrust, who follows the wireless industry for Paul Kagan Associates.