Proving that no investment trend lasts forever, the S.& P. is now the laggard after years of beating the Dow.

The investor's desire to diversify is also stimulating the foreign investment trend.

But the other motivation is often to cash in on investment trends.

"I wouldn't be surprised to see an average of 8.5 percent," he said, adding that he considered that rate "reasonable," given long-term investment trends.

But experts say that there is also a possibility that new forces could accelerate the foreign investment trend.

No longer are free-spending dot-com start-ups and telecommunications companies driving the investment trends in technology.

Buy Low, Sell High When investors are burned by buying a new fund, it's often because they're hoping to take advantage of a hot investment trend.

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Rightly or wrongly, there is a sheeplike aspect to investment trends.

But no investment trend lasts forever.