81.   Expectations of a shift to bonds from stocks as share prices tumbled for a second day also boosted bonds.

82.   Enron employees lost millions in retirement savings even as company executives sold their stock as Enron headed for bankruptcy.

83.   Enron speculated wildly on energy futures and used the value of its stock as collateral for the spiraling loans.

84.   Faith in stocks as sure things was strong then, as it is now.

85.   Falling yields, which serve as a proxy for borrowing rates, can lift stocks as company earnings benefit from a lower debt cost.

86.   Even if Whitman wins a close victory, her stock as a potential future Republican vice presidential nominee could fall.

87.   For all its recent woes, biotech stocks as a whole are still outperforming the broader markets.

88.   Fixed payments also make bonds a more attractive investment relative to stocks as yields rise.

89.   For that reason, some investors regard the stock as a proxy for South African equities.

90.   Gains were tempered by a drop in computer-related stocks as concern spread that demand for those products is waning.