Ticket sales came to more than $3.8 billion in 1986, the second-best year in the industry's history.

That would make 1991 the industry's second-best year ever, after 1986, which recorded $146 billion of net new sales.

Just nine months into 1997, this is already the second-best year ever for stock fund sales, behind 1996.

Last year was the company's second-best year ever; it earned $62.7 million, up about 20 percent from the year before, on assets of $1.1 billion.

For stock funds, it was the second-best year ever in new sales, falling just short of 1987's $66.9 billion.

It's back to 1999, which is the second-best year in the history of New York City hotel business.

Last year was the second-best year, with 6,466 sales - a drop of 9 percent, but 13 percent above 1993.

Seven months into the year, mutual fund investors have already made this the second-best year ever for stock funds.

Consequently, 1994 is now shaping up as possibly the second-best year in a decade.

Already, that would make 1990 the second-best year ever for the industry, trailing only the $66.9 billion in sales in 1987.