81.   Many investors prefer to invest outside of the autonomous areas because of political and economic instabilities.

82.   Many investors prefer to invest outside of the autonomous areas because of political and economic instablities.

83.   Many investors preferred to invest in blue chips until the political situation becomes clearer, brokers said.

84.   Most investors prefer a quicker return on their investments.

85.   So investors prefer to stick to oil palm which is still the best crop in terms of marketing and profitability per hectare.

86.   Traditionally Singaporean investors have preferred Johor Baru and its suburbs where they have opened up branches of their companies or set up joint ventures with the people of Johor.

87.   Trading volume for today is also likely to be thin as most investors preferred not to hold on to many long positions over the long holiday.

88.   He said volume was low, as many investors preferred to sit on the sidelines in view of current uncertainty.

89.   Investors preferred to maintain positions ahead of a US Federal Open Market Committee meeting and the Thai data next week, said CMIC Finance and Securities analyst Aswin Butcha.

90.   Investors also preferred to stay sidelined ahead of a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting to decide the course of US interest rates direction, dealers said.