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...last to a pace that can be kept up for years. And the new rate, somewhere between 3% and 4%, will still be so rapid that it would have been considered outright boomy not long ago. Unemployment will still be low, jobs plentiful, inflation modest, paychecks and profits robust. And the government will be raking in big enough surpluses to afford room for whatever tax and spending plans the new Chief Executive might push through Congress...
...same time, Cohen points out, corporations and investors are also doing well. She expects corporate profits to increase at about a 10% rate this winter. That would be only half the "very robust 20%-plus" rise last winter but still "quite comfortable." And though stock markets suffered a severe shake-out last spring, Cohen thinks their future also looks good. Says she: "The stock market performs well when investors have confidence in the durability and longevity of economic expansion, and we think that's what the situation is likely...
...historical inaccuracy. It was also one of the best movies of the summer. Far closer to a colonial Braveheart than the American Revolution of tea and powdered wigs and declarations drawn up with quill-feathered pens, The Patriot is epic in every sense of the word. It's robust form of sweeping, old-fashioned entertainment that knows exactly which buttons to push and has, unlike the much more remote Gladiator, an honest-to-goodness heart. Okay, so Gibson was a Southern planter who didn't own slaves and the British were so villainous that they burned people in churches...
...American Marital Munitions Organization was founded on the principle that a robust marriage is a rocky one. But just as quarreling couples once struggled to achieve harmony, teaching harmonious couples to embrace discord can be equally challenging. Fortunately, ammo recently opened its first "Fight Club" to serve America's untroubled yet troubled marital population. Our series of weekend-vacation workshops not only touches on the Big Five--money, sex, children, time and in-laws--but, more important, teaches couples to unearth the antagonistic possibilities buried within their most banal interactions. ammo's workshops are limited to an enrollment of eight...
...BOOM This year's steady recovery by big drug companies, coupled with a downturn in the technology sector, has made health-sector funds robust performers. While pure bio-tech funds may be too high risk for many investors, a more diversified health-care fund can provide a good, long-term portfolio addition. Near term, there could be a few bumps, though: some drug patents are expiring, and drug prices are likely to be a hot issue in the upcoming election...