1.  But Friday, long-term interest rates fell as investors focused primarily on the good inflation news.

2.  Although most investors focus on the stock market, the corporate bond market dwarfs it in size.

3.  And investors focused on the challenges facing the deal, sending shares of both companies lower.

4.  Another trend in the past quarter is that VC investors are focusing more on the eggs that already are in their basket.

5.  As growth prospects here and in Japan improve, investors are also focusing more anxiously on the huge U.S. trade deficit.

6.  As has been the case for most of October, investors will be focusing on corporate profits next week.

7.  As investors focused on the new sales, prices in the secondary market languished.

8.  At some point, investors will focus forward.

9.  Beck recommended that investors focus instead on fundamentals and buy funds with attractive portfolios and enticing discounts.

10.  Bonds are likely to hold steady next week as traders and investors focus on a meeting of central bankers for indications the bank will let rates rise.