Deadlines

I ordered some books from Amazon today. They'll arrive on Friday... unbelievable. The world keeps spinning faster. My daughter made a trip to UPS this morning to send off her Christmas packages. She's in NYC, and we're all in the Deep South. It may be New Year's before we see these. Everywhere I go these days, I see delivery trucks and their drivers working at breakneck speed. It's not just Christmas, though. The health of the transportation business is a sign of the health of the general economy. FedEx reported nice increases in sales--Great! Earnings were not as good as expected, though. This was due to fuel costs. FedEx thinks business will continue to be good in 2007. Could this be good news for the New Year? Dow -7.45 NASDAQ -1.94 S&P 500 -2.02