81.   Customized investment contracts known as derivatives have caused unexpectedly large losses at some funds, whose managers wildly overestimated their ability to sell those securities quickly.

82.   Despite the increased interest in stock investing, a majority of stockholders said they neither bought nor sold any securities last year.

83.   Discount brokerage firms buy and sell securities for customers at lower rates because they offer no investment advice or investment banking services such as underwriting or advising in mergers.

84.   Domestic stock markets are riddled with labyrinthine regulations that make it hard to buy or sell securities.

85.   Disney said in February it had sold such securities, as have other companies including Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and Time Warner Inc.

86.   Despite that price increase, the fund did not sell the security, the SEC said.

87.   Earlier this month, a Tarrant County grand jury indicted five people on charges including selling unregistered securities, selling securities without a license and fraud.

88.   Donne said he sold longer-term securities recently to make his portfolio less vulnerable to falling bond prices.

89.   Embassies of most African nations can supply information on brokers or banks that sell local securities.

90.   Even if sales are few, the break is likely to put investors in a better position to sell securities.