And almost all of the cars in this market segment are very good.
"However, given the extremely difficult financial market conditions," she said, "this growth highlights the underlying strength of this market segment".
(Puns are rampant in this market segment — see the brands Bark Jacobs, Chewy Vuiton and Manolo Barknik).
He noted that this market segment, which encompasses adult offspring of the baby boomers, is unencumbered by a home to sell or a mortgage under water.
But several factors have prompted the recent interest in this market segment from larger software companies and led to Cognos's relatively high price tag.
He estimates that by 2005, half of all cars sold in China will be in this market segment, sold to members of the urban middle class.
This market segment is little served in some other parts of the county, said Maureen McKiernan, an associate broker at Julia B. Fee in Larchmont.
John Buckingham, who has had one of the best track records in this market segment for more than a decade, keeps an eye peeled for freebies.
Last year Subaru sold about 76,000 Foresters, while Honda, the leader in this market segment, sold 282,000 CR-Vs.
Mike Jeremy at Daniel Stewart said: "Announcements such as the new iPad (yesterday) can only remind of the overall attractiveness of this market segment, where mobile devices growth is a key driver".
This is very much built into the whole investment machinery so that even some of the large banking institutions, Wall Street investment houses and bond insurers have figured out a way to profit handily from this market segment".
