"Analysts tend to report what management tells them," he said.

Retail analysts tend to be more hopeful about the group.

But analysts tended to be more cautious in their praise.

At investment banks, analysts tend to burn the midnight oil in the home office instead.

Based on the evidence last week, most analysts tended to attribute the higher funds rate to technical factors.

Given an expected fall in interest rates, analysts tend to focus on markets with a high component of banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions.

When he wasn't gossiping, the analyst tended to fall asleep.

Analysts who monitor Oracle and its competitors tend to agree.

Most private analysts tended to agree, although the figures seemed to have little effect on the jittery financial markets.

Analysts who track this niche industry tend to be bullish at present.