1.   Airline stocks also have been weak in recent days because of investor worries the East Coast blizzard will trim earnings.

2.   At the time, Snapple stock was one of the hottest new stock offerings on record.

3.   Consumer and building stocks were the major casualties.

4.   I knew from where I stood that the stocks were practically worthless.

5.   Investors are biding their time, trying to figure out what the next successful stock will be.

6.   Like most goods, stocks are a kind of popularity contest.

7.   Many investors look at price-earnings ratios as indications of how expensive stocks are.

8.   Mr Kobrick said semiconductor stocks are especially risky because chip production requires heavy capital investment.

9.   Some companies advertise kit, knowing that stocks are low and May not last for the full life of the ad.