But a very sharp decline would induce foreign investors, and indeed U.S. investors, to get out of U.S. financial assets.

"The current combination of violence and turmoil is undermining the stability needed to induce private investors to bring their capital to the Palestinian economy," he added.

When regulators disclosed the plan earlier this year, they said their intent was to induce private investors to inject some of their own capital.

Typically, the increased trading volume is generated by inducing unwitting investors to purchase shares of the targeted security through false or deceptive sales practices and/or public information releases.

Additional city subsidies could induce new private investors to create below-market-rate housing.

Because they provide this hedging mechanism these instruments may induce certain large investors to commit larger percentages of their assets to securities.

Just now, I was organizing a huge company, inducing investors to ride with me on the band wagon.

Bed of Electric Coils Meanwhile, Dr. Sampson said, "some people are making money behind the scenes" with devices that they make and then induce investors to finance.

The plan would use Federal tax credits and loan guarantees to induce private companies and investors to build plants and stores.

And the emphasis these days on yield from income-oriented products should not induce small investors to unnecessarily avoid securities with capital gains potential.