Even in Manhattan, where average sales prices topped $1 million last year, investors are piling into the market, brokers say.

In times of trouble investors pile into bullion because they see it as a safe haven that keeps its value.

And foreign institutional investors are piling into China looking for more such opportunities.

As these stars aligned, foreign investors who often drive rallies here piled back in.

In the months since September gold has lost its shine as investors piled into dollars instead, seen as the last remaining investment haven.

That market, into which investors were piling as recently as this spring, had almost collapsed.

In Russia, where the stock market is up 150 percent over the last two years, investors have been piling into commodity-based stocks.

The deal touched off demand for entertainment and Internet shares as investors piled into companies that might be merger candidates.

Q. For the past several months investors have been piling money into stocks, particularly through mutual funds.

Share prices rose so spectacularly, in part because investors piled into the market.