81.   Stocks rose during most of the day as local investors put more money into equity funds in search of higher returns.

82.   Stocks were pushed up during most of the day as local investors put more money into equity funds looking for higher returns.

83.   That appears to be what is happening at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore, where investors put more cash into money market funds this month than into stock funds.

84.   That said, Osborn and other experts hasten to add that many investors put a significant portion of their money into foreign securities.

85.   The bankruptcy comes as little surprise, given that investors have put increasing, and public, pressure on the company, which is based Redwood City, Calif.

86.   The figure, which represents the amount investors put into stock funds of all types minus the sums they pulled out, is still large by historic standards.

87.   The funds pay Schwab a cut for each dollar the investors put in them, and Schwab gets rich.

88.   The high price investors are putting on corporate debt has also enabled more corporations to borrow this year.

89.   This causes many investors to put their money into the stock market, where profits can be higher.

90.   Today, bond investors are actually putting upward pressure on long-term rates as they become more optimistic that the economy will avert recession.