1.   That could make bonds safer investments than stocks in the medium-to-long-term.

2.   They all invest money through National Savings, the Government agency that provides safer investment and services the national debt.

3.   American corporations are tallying their losses and shifting money to safer investments.

4.   A premium for safer investments makes sense, given the possibility of a severe recession, Dudley said.

5.   But Hisey has some safer investments, too, and no one can say he is a financial rookie.

6.   But less than a quarter said they had moved money into safer investments.

7.   Capital flowed into safer investments, and dozens of companies postponed or canceled their initial public offerings, or IPOs.

8.   Cash rich companies like Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and ST Engineering Ltd. could rise as investors seek out relatively safer investments as corporate earnings look set to fall.

9.   Cash-rich companies like Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and ST Engineering Ltd. rose as investors sought out relatively safer investments amid the economic turmoil in the region.

10.   Companies with positive operating cash flow are safer investments than cash burners.