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Growth won't dig US out of this hole

Wild optimism about economic growth is at the heart of the Obama administration's plans to shrink the federal budget deficit. And that's not the only problem.

Worried that the global financial crisis combined with the Great Recession in the United States has bankrupted not just ourselves but our kids and their kids?

Good. You should be. Maybe then we'll do something about the problem before it's too late.

First, here's the good news for those of us who live in the United States. (If you live in some other den of fiscal iniquity, just remember that the names of the characters may be different, but the story is pretty much the same.)

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Jubak's Picks Performance
Index	3-month	1-year	3-year	5-year	From Inception*	Avg. Annual Return*
Portfolio	8.4%	-8.1%	3%	69%	268%	10.5%
Nasdaq	14%	1.0%	-6%	12%	57%	3.6%
S&P	15.6%	-6.9%	-21%	-5%	25%	1.8%
Dow	14.6%	-10%	-17%	-4%	33%	2.3%

Check out Jim's current portfolio on our Jubak's Picks page.

Jim's main portfolio, launched in May 1997, has doubled in the last five years, and continues to beat the major averages by a wide margin.

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Totals through June 30, 2008. Chart updated quarterly. Last portfolio update: July 15, 2009. You can track how the individual stocks are doing here. *Jim Jubak launched this portfolio on May 7, 1997. Average annual return is the annual average compound rate of return for the portfolio calculated from inception.

Please note that Jubak's Picks recommendations are for a 12- to 18-month time horizon. For suggestions to help navigate the treacherous interest-rate environment see Jim's Dividend stocks for income investors. For picks with a truly long-term perspective, see the Future Fantastic 50 Portfolio or The Jubak's Picks 50 Best from Jim's new book "The Jubak Picks."

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Jim Jubak regularly recommends books on investing and other topics covered in his columns. View Jim's reading list.

Recent Jubak's Journals

Growth won't dig US out of this hole 02/08/2010
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Can China save the global economy? 02/01/2010

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