LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME

Home Depot, Kolh’s and RadioShack have announced plans to start selling High-Def flat screen Plasma TVs soon. Since they’re not doing well in their regular businesses, it makes sense to start selling TVs. Of course, this will cut into the profits of Best Buy and Circuit City, both of whom are relying on flat-screens as a large part of their profit growth.

Should be interesting to see how this affects their stock prices in the short & long term.

But when I finally decide to upgrade my 8 year old 19″ TV, I think I’ll stick to Costco!

• Are Jim Cramer's Stock Picks Worthless? According to a recent article by Barron's Magazine title The Cramer Effect (& Defect), readers who follow Jim Cramer's stock picks from his show are more than likely to lose money in the long run.We also looked at a database of Cramer's Mad Money picks maintained by his Website, TheStreet.com.......
• Detroit Downtown Real Estate Is Hot According to Bloomberg,Luxury Condo Developers are invading Downtown Detroit.$1 million dollar penthouses and other luxury condos are going up alongside vacant skyscrappers in Downtown. Several ex-atheletes are joining in too. Bob Bartlett is buying a million- dollar condominium atop a historic hotel in Detroit -- the U.S. city with the......
• Housing Update Interesting update on some markets from the Real Estate Journal. Utah homes worth their salt Utah apparently has missed the news about the end of the housing boom, with median selling prices on the way up. For example, Utah County's Alpine area saw median selling prices rise 57.2% to $529,000......

• Rent or Own - What's Best Right Now? The housing market has many people concerned right now and one of the most popular questions is whether or not this is a good time to buy a home. Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer to this question, and each individual’s financial state will determine the answer. However, there......
• Is this a Good Time for Baby Boomers to Downsize? Many baby boomers have downsizing on their mind.  Mrs. GoTo and I do.  Some of that downsize thinking may have been interrupted by all of the bad news about the stock market and the economy.  But has all of this bad economic news created favorable conditions for downsizing to a smaller, less expensive......
• 5 tips for selling your home in a down market Selling your home in any market can be challenging if you aren't properly staged for the sale. However in a market place where people are on uneasy ground due to the global economics and financial markets have led to consumer fear and a lack of confidence. Only those aware of......

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