Posts from — December 2006

2006 was a mixed year. We had records set in the stock markets and the housing markets. As I’m writing this the Dow has closed at a record high of 12,445.52 and looks like it will rise even higher before the year closes. At the same time, our housing market is setting records on the other end of the spectrum. This year we saw more homes available on the market than at any other time in history. Some people have done really well this year, other’s have lost nearly everything in the housing market bust. 2006 was a mixed year.

Enter 2007.

The Housing Market Will Normalize – Some areas will see growth, some will see prices come back down to where they should be. According to the article “Best and Worst Real Estate Markets” there will some spots that are hot and some that are not.

If you happen to live in the northeast, your market looks to be fairly steady with a few hot spots and a few cool spots, ranging from a projected 4.8% growth in Syracuse, N.Y. to a -3.6% drop in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. [Read more →]

All Advantage is back! For those of you who never experienced this you missed out. This was a site that paid its users to surf the internet. On top of that, if you referred people, you got paid for their time also. The problem was that internet advertising fell through the floor during the dot-com bust. Down went All Advantage, but not before paying out over $120 million to its members. [Read more →]

Here are my favorite posts and news articles for the week of December 11, 2006.

• If you purchased one share of Microsoft’s stock when it debuted on March 13, 1986 what would be worth today? The Value of One Share of Microsoft.

• I love great deals. In fact, I bought one of these for Christmas – An Almost Free 1GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.

• College is expensive. Why not save some cash? 118 Ways to Save Money in College.

• Do you like real estate? Then you may enjoy reading The Best and Worst Real Estate Markets.

• What will the Feds do to interest rates when they meet again? Well this may influence their decision – US Inflation Holds Steady.