1.   Bond investors are already counting on another cut as early as March, judging by the difference between yields of U.S. Treasury securities, say investors and traders.

2.   But, Berner said, this means that investors are counting more on earnings from cost cutting or cost containment than about the growth of sales.

3.   For the moment, though, investors are counting on the Fed to leave interest rates alone, allowing borrowing rates to stay at current lows.

4.   However, some investors had counted on a higher net profit increase, helping to keep the share price down.

5.   However, some investors had counted on a higher net profit increase, contributing to an initial fall in Siemens shares.

6.   If nothing worse than that occurs, investors could count themselves lucky.

7.   Investors are counting on that.

8.   Investors can count the ways.

9.   Investors count on the SEC to weed out rogues in the universe of publicly traded companies, paying particular attention to repeat offenders.

10.   Investors are counting on the lower interest rates to spark the economy and help corporate profits increase.