They take investors down to the strip club and throw parties for them.

His departure did not take investors completely by surprise.

Though the merger proposal took analysts and investors by surprise, most applauded the idea.

I thought by the time growth in the travel segment started to slow, the grocery business would be there to take investors to the next level.

While news of the charge took investors by surprise, the company's long-term prospects remain sound, analysts said.

France's decision to leave the key rate unchanged took analysts and investors by surprise, though.

It took investors only two months, until January, to conclude that the reforms might be vapor, at which point they fled.

But it took investors a while to reach that conclusion.

This means it could take investors longer to see that the fundamental market direction has turned.

And it will take private investors some time to get used to it.