Many investors fear the law will lead to intense competition.

Investors fear that a ground offensive may not be brief.

While a growing economy can be good for corporate earnings, investors fear too much growth because it could bring higher interest rates.

Capital is fleeing because investors fear the Government will default.

Until the inquiry is resolved, they said, investors will fear the worst.

Investors fear that Argentina might wind up in default if the government does not cut spending.

But analysts and investors fear that the cuts will not go far enough to return the company to profitability soon.

There are other pressures, too, that investors fear could push interest rates higher around the globe.

Investors feared that profit could be hurt for several quarters.

Some black investors fear that they may be the last people to join the party and the first to suffer a hangover.