71.   As bond prices began to fall, speculators were forced to sell to cover their bank loans.

72.   As bond prices fall, investors have a choice.

73.   As bond prices rise, corporate borrowing costs go down, helping stocks.

74.   As redemptions have mounted this year -- along with losses for investors as bond prices have plunged -- the managers have not sold enough bonds to keep up.

75.   As the yield declines, bond prices rise.

76.   As yields, which move in opposite direction to bond prices, decline, equities look more attractive.

77.   As yields -- which move in the opposite direction to bond prices -- decline, the return on equities becomes more attractive.

78.   ASKIN SETTLES WITH SEC David Askin, whose investment fund collapsed after bond prices plunged last year, settled SEC charges that he had misled investors.

79.   At first, stocks rose a bit and bond prices fell slightly, nothing more than would happen on a day bereft of news.

80.   Bank shares gained today as bond prices rose amid expectations that interest rates will decline, analysts said.