elaine garzarelli back with us.nt of garzarelli capital. >> susie: on monday, we continue our n.b.r.-u series. it's our partnership with some of the nation's top business schools. what should you do to fix your money market fund? we'll ask harvard's robert pozen. and we'll talk to volkswagen america c.e.o. jonathan browning from the north american international auto show. >> tom: at the beginning of every year we also see a lot of year end, best of lists. best movies, best stocks. when it comes to being successful, it's important to focus on doing your best, regardless of the task. this week lou's been thinking about coming out ahead. here's author and educator lou heckler. >> having earned a degree from the university of north carolina many years ago, i really have college basketball fever in my blood. i am endlessly fascinated with great coaches-- men's and women's-- and how they draw so much from their players. one of those i have admired for years is pat summitt. no longer actively coaching women's basketball at

and our friday market monitor guest is elaine garzarelli, president of garzarelli capital. with all of the budget battles in washington, it's easy to get gloomy about america's economic prospects. "easy", but "wrong" says tonight's commentator. here's martin dickson, u.s. managing editor of the financial times. >> months of fiscal uncertainty, and the threat of recession, have hardly helped business confidence. and the sluggish u.s. growth rate, of around 2%, is far from stellar. demand is simply not strong enough to awaken industry's animal spirits but stand back from the fiscal crisis and a more positive picture emerges: at least america is growing, unlike europe, which has been far slower to put its financial house in order. and the reforms to the us financial system, and a gradually healing housing market, are helping lay the groundwork for a sustained recovery. so too are some big changes to the industrial landscape: irst, impoant sectors, notably autos, have been forced to become far more competitive. second, labor costs have shrunk to the point where they make americ