Most analysts also say that investors must contend with a number of broad issues confronting the technology group.

Many institutional investors and Wall Street strategists contend that the most recent sell-off has gone too far.

The fund's investors contend they face losses of as much as $70 million.

Shares of each company have soared this year, and some investors contend that they will continue to rise as the economy expands.

Of course, investors in these overseas companies must still contend with foreign accounting rules as they try to interpret a company's numbers.

He added that investors and traders were contending with the conflicting factors of higher recent interest rates and surging corporate profits.

The investors contend they bought Apple stock at an artificially high price based on Apple's misrepresentations.

In several lawsuits and arbitration procedures, investors have contended that the general releases were improperly obtained.

But many of those partnerships have since soured as a result of what lawyers, regulators and investors contend was fraud.

Many investors contend that they were falsely told that the risky investments were safe.