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May 5, 2009 - In The Black?

AR Index     560.87  +40.49  (+7.78%)

Stocks of individual interest
Toyota  81.59   +3.00
GM        1.81      -0.23
Ford      5.88     +0.77

Dow 8426.74  +401.74   (+5.01%)

While the news lately has been plastered with stories about Chrysler and GM, things aren't as bleak as the headlines it takes to sell newspapers might make you believe.

Year-to-date, the AR Index, shown in today's chart, is up 51%, powered by a 26% rise in Toyota and a skyrocketing Ford, which is up 127% this year, offsetting the 51% drop in GM stock over the same period.

I know that nobody seems to want to believe it, but business is cyclical, and what's down will eventually swing up, even if a company disappears along the way in the survival-of-the-fittest business world.

Stop listening to the "we're all gonna die" news once in a while and you just might see the brighter side of things.

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