A sign of the times?

Packaged food company Sara Lee is reporting a 15% increase in net income. In fact, in North America their retail revenue has increased 11%.

I’m sure it will continue to go up. In fact, it’s probably directly proportionate to the number of people being laid off, stopping off at the convenience store on the way home and picking up a couple dozen pound cakes to snack on while surfing the job sites and waiting for the unemployment checks to start rolling in.

While you're at it, you might want to shift some of your investments to Ben & Jerry's Icecream and elastic waistband pants. You heard it here first.