1.   This is not uncommon and it has occurred with many of the privatization issues in the equity market.

2.   Moreover, in Japan the fall in the stock market has cast a shadow over the equity warrants market, the mainstay of Japanese issuance in recent years.

3.   You do not invest in the equity market to make capital gains!

4.   You invest in the equity market to provide yourself with a stream of future dividends which will hopefully outpace inflation.

5.   There is widespread concern about the effects of the financial futures market on the equity market.

6.   The problem thus does not lie with computers and computer trading but in the link between the futures and equity markets.

7.   Also boosting stocks was the rise in the U.S. equity market.

8.   Also boosting stocks are heavy cash flows entering the equity market.

9.   Although all publicly traded firms feel pressure from their shareholders to show healthy returns, Internet companies are particularly exposed to the equity markets.

10.   Also, gold stocks are being helped by a strong Canadian equity market overall, analysts said.