TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Foreign investors stepped up their sales of Japanese bonds in late April, marking their largest net sale of such bonds since a wave of hedge fund liquidations in mid-March.

Despite the rash of bad economic news, the recent 11 th annual Wharton Investment Management Conference offered its audience some hope for relief, or at least a few possible bargains, in selected industries. And while no one -- including keynote speaker

Invest in a basket of well managed equity funds. If your asset allocation demands that you need to be invested, go ahead and invest some money; do an sip. Be sure to select the funds best suited to you, says mutual fund expert Rahul Goel.

1. JOHN KEY (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by the statement she made yesterday, in relation to debt to GDP ratios, that “over the forecast period of the Budget that the Labour Government has delivered these debt to GDP

“Greed is good. Greed is right. Greed Works.” --Gordon Gekko, corporate raider (played by Michael Douglas) in the movie Wall Street “President [George W.]